Name: Screening: The Cost of Inheritance with Yoruba Richen
Start: 2025-04-26T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-26T19:30:00-05:00
Location: OSU-Tulsa Auditorium

Screening: The Cost of Inheritance with Yoruba Richen

This hour-long documentary film examines the historical and contemporary factors considered in the reparations debate.
About this Event

"The Cost of Inheritance, an America ReFramed special, explores the complex issue of reparations in the U.S. using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and critical dialogue on racial conciliation. Through personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate." --PBS.org.

LitFest is proud to present a screening of The Cost of Inheritance, as well as an appearance by director and celebrated filmmaker Yorbua Richen. Richen will host a brief discussion of the film and (time allowing) take questions from the audience.

This event is free to the public.

Yoruba Richen is a Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker who was awarded the Trailblazer award by Black Public Media. Her work has been featured on multiple outlets, including Netflix, MSNBC, Peacock and FX/Hulu. Her film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks won a Gracie Award and was honored by the Television Academy. Other recent work include the Emmy-nominated films , How It Feels to Be Free; The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show and Green Book: Guide to Freedom. Her film, The Killing of Breonna Taylor won an NAACP Image Award. Her films The New Black and Promised Land won multiple festival awards before airing on PBS's Independent Lens and P.O.V. Yoruba’s other work include directing an episode of the award-winning series Black and Missing for HBO and High on the Hog for Netflix. She most recently directed The Fall of Diddy for ID and HBO Max. Yoruba is a recipient of the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker’s Award and is the Founding Director of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

The Cost of Inheritance screening is presented in partnership with LitFest, Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Dreamland Tulsa, with support from Justice for Greenwood and Tulsa Film Collective.