2018Nominee
Best Director
Crooked Lines
Yoruba Richen
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
New York City, New York, USA
January 1, 1972
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Winner
Best Director
American Reckoning
2018Nominee
Best Performance
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Career Highlights
2022Highlight
Best Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2019Highlight
Best Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
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Crooked Lines
American Reckoning
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks