Yoruba Richen facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yoruba Richen
Richen in 2012
Born	1972 New York, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Brown University
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer
Known for	The New Black

Yoruba Richen, born in New York City in 1972, is a talented American filmmaker. She directs, writes, and produces movies. Her films have been shown on major platforms like PBS and in well-known publications such as The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Her film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom was very popular on the Smithsonian Channel. It also won the Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking.

Yoruba Richen's Amazing Films

Yoruba Richen has created many important documentaries. These films often explore big ideas about society and history.

The New Black

In 2013, Richen produced and directed The New Black. This film won several awards, including the audience award at AFI Docs and the Urbanworld Film Festival. It was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award.

Promised Land

Her film Promised Land received special funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was shown on PBS's POV in 2010.

Sisters of the Good Death

In 2007, Yoruba Richen won a Fulbright award for filmmaking. She traveled to Brazil to start making Sisters of the Good Death. This documentary is about the oldest African women's group in the Americas. It shows their yearly festival that celebrates the end of slavery.

Other Achievements

Yoruba Richen has won other awards, like a Clio award for a short film about singer Andra Day. She has also been a TED Speaker and a Guggenheim fellow. In 2016, she received the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. She was also named one of The Root 100, a list of influential young African Americans. Today, she is the Founding Director of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Education and Early Career

Yoruba Richen studied at Brown University. After college, she lived in San Francisco for a while. Later, she moved back to New York City.

She worked for ABC News as an associate producer. She was part of their investigative team. She also worked as a producer for the independent news program Democracy Now!.

Filmography

Yoruba Richen has worked on many films. Here is a list of some of her projects:

See also

In Spanish: Yoruba Richen para niños

• List of female film and television directors