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Yoruba Richen (b. 1972)

Birthplace:
New York, New York

Born:
January 1, 1972

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Film Production

Consulting Producer:
2022  Storming Caesars Palace

Director:
2009  Promised Land
2013  The New Black
2018  Crooked Lines
2019  American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019  The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2020  The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020  The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2021  How It Feels to Be Free
2022  American Reckoning
2022  Storming Caesars Palace
2022  The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2023  The Cost of Inheritance

Executive Producer:
2009  Promised Land
2013  The New Black
2018  Crooked Lines
2019  American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019  The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2020  The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020  The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2021  How It Feels to Be Free
2022  American Reckoning
2022  Storming Caesars Palace
2022  The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2023  The Cost of Inheritance

Field Director:
2009  Promised Land
2013  The New Black
2018  Crooked Lines
2019  American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019  The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2020  And She Could Be Next
2020  The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020  The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2021  How It Feels to Be Free
2022  American Reckoning
2022  Storming Caesars Palace
2022  The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2023  The Cost of Inheritance

Producer:
2009  Promised Land
2013  The New Black
2014  Out in the Night
2018  Crooked Lines
2019  American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019  The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2020  And She Could Be Next
2020  The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020  The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2021  How It Feels to Be Free
2022  American Reckoning
2022  Storming Caesars Palace
2022  The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2023  The Cost of Inheritance

Writer:
2009  Promised Land
2013  The New Black
2014  Out in the Night
2018  Crooked Lines
2019  American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019  The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2020  And She Could Be Next
2020  The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020  The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2021  How It Feels to Be Free
2022  American Reckoning
2022  Storming Caesars Palace
2022  The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2023  The Cost of Inheritance

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TV Production

Director:
2020  The New York Times Presents

Producer:
2020  The New York Times Presents

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