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  2. African Queens (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 18% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The website's critics' consensus reads, "Queen Cleopatra may posit some fresh speculation about the ubiquitous monarch, but its glossy presentation errs more towards a superficial toga party than a substantive endeavor."

  3. After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt ...

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    "Queen Cleopatra" director Tina Gharavi defended the series' casting decision last month in an essay for Variety, arguing that the queen looked more like James than Elizabeth Taylor, the actor who ...

  4. Director of Netflix series starring a Black Cleopatra fires ...

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    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.

  5. Netflix Black woman-led ‘Queen Cleopatra’ docudrama sparks ...

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    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 ...

  6. Adele James - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] In 2023, she was given the starring role as Cleopatra in the second installment of Netflix's African Queens docuseries, Queen Cleopatra. [4] Her casting faced controversy surrounding the Cleopatra race controversy. [5]

  7. Cleopatra (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Cleopatra is a 1999 miniseries adaptation of Margaret George's 1997 historical fiction novel The Memoirs of Cleopatra.Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it stars Leonor Varela as the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, Timothy Dalton as Julius Caesar, Billy Zane as Mark Antony, Rupert Graves as Octavius, Sean Pertwee as Brutus and Bruce Payne as Cassius.

  8. 'Queen Cleopatra': The controversy over Jada Pinkett Smith's ...

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    Coming to Netflix screens next month: Queen Cleopatra, a four-part "docudrama," incorporating interviews from experts as well as reenactments and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith.But a heated debate ...

  9. Netflix sparks debate in Egypt after portraying Cleopatra as ...

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    Netflix said biracial actor Adele James had been cast in ‘a nod to the centuries-long conversation about the ruler’s race’