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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.
[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 .
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.
Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing "African Queens" docu-series "Queen Cleopatra," which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming ...
Netflix's 'Queen Cleopatra' director defended the series in a Friday essay following allegations of 'blackwashing' and falsifying ancient Egyptian history.
CAIRO — Egypt has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in a new series. “Queen Cleopatra,” which is ...
[note 1] Mary Beard states that the age of the skeleton is too young to be that of Arsinoe (the bones said to be that of a 15–18-year-old child, with Arsinoe being around her mid twenties at her death). [159] The 2023 Netflix documentary series Queen Cleopatra, which appears to depict Cleopatra as black, spurred a lawsuit in Egypt claiming ...
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 ...