The Egyptian government has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in an upcoming drama-documentary 'Queen Cleopatra'.
Jada Pinkett Smith, executive producer and narrator of the new Netflix drama-documentary series Queen Cleopatra , says it was "really important for me" to highlight.
CAIRO, April 28 Egypt’s antiquities ministry insisted yesterday that Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics” in an ongoing row over a Netflix.
Casting of Black actor in upcoming drama produced by Jada Pinkett Smith has angered groups in Egypt who say it is ‘a falsification of Egyptian history’