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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Total trailers found: 18

How It Feels to Be Free Trailer (2021)

18 January 2021

Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Trailer (2022)

16 June 2022

Beyond her historic role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, this comprehensive dive into Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks sheds light on her extensive organizing, radical politics, and lifelong dedication to activism.

Storming Caesars Palace Trailer (2022)

03 August 2022

This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advisor.

American Reckoning Trailer (2022)

15 February 2022

In this feature-length documentary from FRONTLINE and Retro Report, an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance.

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show Trailer (2020)

15 April 2020

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.

And She Could Be Next Trailer (2020)

31 May 2020

The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the series follows organizers and candidates as they fight on behalf of black, brown, immigrant and poor communities–long neglected by politicians and pundits alike.

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Trailer (2024)

21 October 2024

The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the only coup d’état in the history of the US.

Dykes, Camera, Action! Trailer (2018)

19 June 2018

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another.

The Killing of Breonna Taylor Trailer (2020)

04 September 2020

A New York Times investigation examines what happened at 3003 Springfield Drive in Louisville, Kentucky, just after midnight on March 13, 2020 when police executed a warrant that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.

The Cost of Inheritance Trailer (2023)

21 November 2023

The decades-long debate surrounding reparations is fraught, mired in racial tension and the semantics of restorative justice.

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Trailer (2019)

25 February 2019

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas Trailer (2019)

03 September 2019

Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their film.

Crooked Lines Trailer (2018)

31 October 2018

Meet two women fighting against race-based gerrymandering in North Carolina: Val Applewhite, a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case, and Moon Duchin, a mathematician who empowers organizers to use data to advocate for fairly drawn electoral maps.

Promised Land Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Promised Land examines post-apartheid South Africa's efforts to bring about racial reconciliation through land redistribution.

The New Black Trailer (2013)

14 June 2013

The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.

Free Joan Little Trailer (2025)

12 November 2025

A chronicle of a woman’s courageous fight for survival, whose 1975 acquittal challenged injustice and inspired a nation to confront sexual violence and racism.

Out in the Night Trailer (2014)

12 June 2014

Under the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by a man on the street.

The Recall: Reframed Trailer (2022)

15 November 2022

Who actually bears the burden when we demand harsher punishment for a privileged white defendant?