A new docu-drama about Cleopatra has riled officials in Cairo
Furious Egyptians have accused Netflix of misrepresenting history | Culture
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Netflix's Queen Cleopatra has spurred new debates about race and identity in historical casting
Culture critics Syrus Marcus Ware and Pacinthe Mattar discuss the controversies surrounding the new Netflix series Queen Cleopatra and what it suggests about the influence of race and identity on viewers' interpretations of both our own histories and that of others.
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Queen Cleopatra review: Controversial Netflix documentary deserves to be buried in a crypt
Queen Cleopatra review: The discourse around Netflix's documentary makes you wonder what’s more ancient, the relics on display or the mindset of the people commenting on the colour of somebody's skin.
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Queen Cleopatra: experts save this poorly scripted Netf...
The modern soundtrack and dialogue feels far more anachronistic and intrusive than the diverse casting.
Al Fayyum Wilayat Bahr Al Jabal South Sudan Jada Pinkett Smith Cleopatra Selene Octavian James Marlowe
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'Cleopatra' slammed for skin colour in Egypt
Netflix series has been accused by some critics of "blackwashing Egypt's history" by casting a bi-racial actor
Source: tribune.com.pk
Whose queen? Netflix and Egypt spar over an African Cleopatra
On this much, at least, everyone can agree: Cleopatra was a formidable queen of ancient Egypt, the last of the Macedonian Greek dynasty founded by Ale
Source: artdaily.com
OTT: Why does a Black Cleopatra make us uncomfortable?
A new Netflix docuseries has reignited an old debate: was Cleopatra black? But a historian whose work informed the show says we're thinking about her race all wrong
United Kingdom Perifereia Dytikis Elladas Al Iskandariyah United States Mary Hamil Gilbert Shelley Haley
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Queen Cleopatra actress Adele James says it does not matter what race she was
The black actress starring in Netflixs Queen Cleopatra docudrama said it was a political act to cast her - and laughed off controversy engulfing the show.
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Race Row Over Contradicting Cleopatra Documentaries
Netflix's docu-drama 'Queen Cleopatra' and Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass's 90-minute documentary "Cleopatra" are at the centre of a conflict
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The Week Unwrapped podcast: Erdogan's last stand, childbirth in prison and Cleopatra
Could Turkey’s strongman president really lose this weekend’s election? Are we failing women who give birth in prison? And why do depictions of Cleopatra touch a racial nerve?
Source: theweek.co.uk