Acting credits
2
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Yoruba Richen
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
Low visibility
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Movies: 16Series: 4Crew credits: 19
TMDB ID: 1209864
IMDb ID: nm1115070
Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1972
Age: 54
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q16738382
Other jobs
Director (11)Producer (4)Writer (2)Consulting Producer (1)Field Director (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Yoruba Richen.
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Director
2024 Movie
The Cost of Inheritance
Director
2023 Movie
The Recall: Reframed
Producer
2022 Movie
Storming Caesars Palace
Consulting Producer
2022 Movie
4.5
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Director
2022 Movie
8.0
American Reckoning
Writer
2022 Movie
How It Feels to Be Free
Director
2021 Movie
6.0
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Producer
2020 Movie
1.0
And She Could Be Next
Field Director
2020 Movie
6.2
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Director
2020 Movie
5.5
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Director
2019 Movie
7.7
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
Crooked Lines
Director
2018 Movie
0.5
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
2018 Movie
4.5
Out in the Night
Producer
2014 Movie
4.8
The New Black
Director
2013 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Yoruba Richen.
