Yoruba Richen

Directing • Born 1972-01-01 • New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

0.5

Dykes, Camera, Action!

2018 • Self

7.7

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

2019 • Self - Narrator (voice)