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Yoruba Richen

Yoruba Richen

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
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom poster
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Dykes, Camera, Action! poster
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018 • Self