Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing "African Queens" docuseries "Queen Cleopatra," which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans to tell its own version of the Pharaonic ruler s story using "the highest levels of research and scrutiny."
Since the trailer for “Queen Cleopatra” dropped last month, there has been backlash among local academics and others in Egypt who claim Cleopatra is of European descent and not Black.
Netflix just launched its 'Queen Cleopatra' docudrama series, which depicts the Egyptian queen as Black. Now, Egypt is producing a version that doesn't.