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Yoruba Richen

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Yoruba Richen is known for The New Black (2013), The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (2020) and Black and Missing (2021).
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    • 6 wins & 9 nominations

Known for

The New Black (2013)
The New Black
6.7
  • Producer
  • 2013
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (2020)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show
7.6
  • Director
  • 2020
Black and Missing (2021)
Black and Missing
6.5
TV Mini Series
  • Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
8.1
  • Producer
  • 2022

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Producer

  • The Recall: Reframed (2022)
    The Recall: Reframed
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)
    The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • When Claude Got Shot (2021)
    When Claude Got Shot
    • field producer
    • 2021
  • The New York Times Presents (2020)
    The New York Times Presents
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Crooked Lines (2018)
    Crooked Lines
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Reconception
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Oya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa!
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2015
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • producer
    • associate producer
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2014
  • Out in the Night (2014)
    Out in the Night
    • producer
    • 2014
  • The New Black (2013)
    The New Black
    • producer
    • 2013
  • Promised Land
    • producer
    • 2009
  • Brother to Brother (2004)
    Brother to Brother
    • associate producer
    • 2004
  • David Muir in 20/20 (1978)
    20/20
    • field producer
    • TV Series
    • 2003

Director

  • The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)
    The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
    • Director
    • 2022
  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Black and Missing (2021)
    Black and Missing
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)
    High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • The New York Times Presents (2020)
    The New York Times Presents
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (2020)
    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show
    • Director
    • 2020
  • The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Crooked Lines (2018)
    Crooked Lines
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Reconception
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The New Black (2013)
    The New Black
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Promised Land
    • Director
    • 2009

Writer

  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (2020)
    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show
    • Writer
    • 2020
  • The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The New Black (2013)
    The New Black
    • co-writer
    • 2013

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