'Queen Cleopatra' Netflix backlash frustrates show scholars

Experts say critics of the Netflix docudrama's Cleopatra are anachronistically applying modern racial constructs to an ancient civilization.

Netflix has come under criticism from the Egyptian government for casting a Black actress, Adele James, to play the ancient monarch in its new ...

Government-owned Egyptian broadcaster, Al Wathaeqya, is even set to produce its own documentary about Cleopatra to rival the Netflix series. How ...

30 votes, 353 comments. So the main backlash is that cleopatra wasn't black but Netflix/jada smith casted a black actress for this role ...

How has the show responded? ... Netflix is obviously well aware of the criticism. "The creative choice to cast an actor of mixed heritage to play ...

A new Netflix documentary drama, Queen Cleopatra, has sparked outrage in Egypt for its depiction of the famed queen as a Black woman.

Netflix's Cleopatra documentary has the worst audience rating in TV history, for a good reason. You think I'm referring to the fact that ...

The country has accused the streaming giant of misrepresenting history by casting a mixed-race woman to play the titular character in their ...

Netflix's upcoming documentary series, Queen Cleopatra, has ignited controversy in Egypt over claims it promotes "false Afrocentric ideas.

It wasn't long after Netflix released its "Queen Cleopatra" documentary on May 10 that Egyptians were outraged as the movie depicts Queen ...

Western leaders and filmmakers have long denied the link between modern Egypt and its ancient heritage.

Her casting was met with heavy-handed backlash almost immediately after it was announced—with certain scholars and both the Greek and Arab press ...

Netflix's “Queen Cleopatra” documentary has received the worst audience rating ever in TV show history on Rotten Tomatoes, according to a Forbes ...

Though Egyptian critics of the show have denied any racist motives, some Egyptian commentators say their society's internalized racism and ...

Hawass also railed Wednesday against Netflix's documentary series — the “African Queens” collection is produced by Jada Pinkett Smith — during ...

Multiple petitions against Netflix's upcoming "African Queens: Queen Cleopatra" have cited the docuseries "blackwashing" of the Greek ruler.

The fact that a non-white actress—Adele James—was selected to play the role of the ancient Egyptian queen in the historical series Queen ...

New Netflix docudrama Queen Cleopatra arrives in the wake of backlash to its casting, with some voicing their outrage at the show's decision to ...

Zahi Hawass, the former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs in Egypt, wrote on Facebook that “the film that is coming on Netflix is not ...

Netflix's forthcoming project, African Queens: Queen Cleopatra, has caused a stir among Egyptian experts for depicting her as Black.