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African Queens is a 2023 docudrama series focusing on female monarchs, airing on the streaming service Netflix.The series is produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith and features dramatized fictional re-enactments as well as interviews with experts.
In 2023, Netflix announced the second installment of the African Queens docuseries, subtitled Queen Cleopatra. The series received criticism upon the trailer release as Adele James , a black woman, was cast as Cleopatra , a Greek-Macedonian woman, instead of a white woman.
Her father is Jamaican and her mother is English. [2] James studied at the Richmond upon Thames College and the University of Bristol. [1] In 2018, she was the screenwriter of the short film, Last Call. [1] She plays Tina Mollett in the TV series, Casualty.
The upcoming series from Jada Pinkett Smith drops on the streaming service this May. Netflix’s upcoming docudrama series is already The post Netflix Black woman-led ‘Queen Cleopatra ...
Cleopatra, the last queen of a Greek-speaking dynasty founded by Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy, was born in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria in 69 BC.
In Stacy Schiff's acclaimed biography Cleopatra: A Life, the author wrote that Cleopatra was Greek and "approximately as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor." Ancestry of the queen's mother is unknown ...
Netflix said biracial actor Adele James had been cast in ‘a nod to the centuries-long conversation about the ruler’s race’ Netflix sparks debate in Egypt after portraying Cleopatra as Black ...
Historical Roasts is an American comedy television series on Netflix. Based on the Los Angeles live comedy show of the same name, [1] the series "roasts" historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cleopatra. [2] The 6-episode first season was released on Netflix on May 27, 2019.