Yoruba Richen
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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.
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
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The Cost of Inheritance (2023)
Director
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (2024)
Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas (2019)
Director
Free Joan Little (2025)
Director
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
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Crooked Lines (2018)
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The New Black (2013)
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)
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How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
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The Killing of Breonna Taylor (2020)
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American Reckoning (2022)
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Promised Land (2009)
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