Yoruba Richen
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 24
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
Yoruba Richen (born 1972) is a film director, screenwriter and producer. She produced and directed The New Black (2013), which won the audience award at AFI Docs, Frameline Film Festival and Philly Q Fest. It also won best documentary at Urbanworld Film Festival. The New Black was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary. She is director of the documentary program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Most Famous Work
The New York Times Presents
(2020) Director
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
(2019) Writer
How It Feels to Be Free
(2021) Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
(2019) Director
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
(2020) Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
(2022) Executive Producer
And She Could Be Next
(2020) Field Director
The Cost of Inheritance
(2023) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2019 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
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| 2023 | Director | |
| 2022 | Director | |
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| 2021 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
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| Field Director | ||
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| 2019 | Director | |
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| 2018 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Consulting Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 2020 | Producer | |
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| 2018 | Producer | |
| 2014 | Producer | |
| 2013 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2019 | Writer | |
| 2013 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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