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The most controversial aspect of Netflix’s new drama-documentary Queen Cleopatra – not least in Egypt – was the casting of a black actress, Adele James, in the title role. After all, one of the few things that seems certain about Cleopatra’s early life is that she was a Macedonian Greek. Luckily, though, the show had

Black women’s portrayals in pop-culture is even more important at a time when Black history is ignored in school curriculums and report says Black girls are treated inequitably in PA schools

The docuseries has been called 'completely fake' and accused of appropriating Egyptian culture

Netflix's latest docudrama was a controversy magnet before it premiered but its launch only aggravated things.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the trailer is pure clickbait. The show itself is a much more complex piece of work.

From Roman to Renaissance texts, Cleopatra has always been portrayed as the threatening and subversive other, framed by the relations of contemporary power and empire

Casting of mixed-race actress Adele James as the Egyptian queen has been criticised

Durham Egyptologist Colleen Darnell is one of the experts interviewed in Netflixs new docudrama series "Queen Cleopatra."

Durham Egyptologist Colleen Darnell is one of the experts interviewed in Netflixs new docudrama series "Queen Cleopatra."

A new series has launched on Netflix, and already received an extremely low audience rating of one per cent.