Yoruba Richen
Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on multiple outlets, including Netflix, MSNBC, FX, HBO, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her recent films are the Emmy-nominated How It Feels to Be Free, which premiered on PBS’ American Masters, and the Peabody- and Emmy-nominated The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, which is streaming on Peacock. Her film The New York Times Presents: The Killing of Breonna Taylor won an NAACP Image Award and is streaming on HULU. The Green Book: Guide to Freedom was broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel and was also nominated for an Emmy.
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Stories from Yoruba Richen
American Reckoning
Anti-abortion Crusaders: Inside the African-American Abortion Battle
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Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Corey David Sauer
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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