Portrait of Yoruba Richen

Directing

Yoruba Richen

Career

Active from 1988 to 2025, with a break from 1989 to 2008, busiest in 2020 and 2021 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yoruba Richen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.1, average 3.8
  • Coming of Age
    0.6, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.3, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Justice 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 58
Free Joan Little
Free Joan Little (2025)

Director

American Coup: Wilmington 1898
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (2024)

Director, Producer

The Cost of Inheritance
The Cost of Inheritance (2023)

Producer, Director

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

Director, Executive Producer

American Reckoning
American Reckoning (2022)

Writer, Producer

The Recall: Reframed
The Recall: Reframed (2022)

Producer

Storming Caesars Palace
Storming Caesars Palace (2022)

Consulting Producer

How It Feels to Be Free
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)

Director

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

The Killing of Breonna Taylor
The Killing of Breonna Taylor (2020)

Producer, Director

2010s

5 titles ยท average score 66
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas (2019)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Crooked Lines
Crooked Lines (2018)

Director, Producer

Out in the Night
Out in the Night (2014)

Producer

The New Black
The New Black (2013)

Writer, Director

2000s

1 title
Promised Land
Promised Land (2009)

Director