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The Netflix docudrama series "Queen Cleopatra" recently sparked an uproar in Egypt because it stars a black actress in the role of Cleopatra. Many Egyptians, including officials and journalists, accused the series of "falsifying" Egyptian history by portraying Cleopatra as African when she was in fact Macedonian and therefore "light-skinned with Hellenic features." Against
Dame Helen Mirren s casting as Israel s ex prime minister Golda Meir has sparked controversy but Jewish characters in cinematic history haven t always been played by Jewish actors,