Cleopatras in comparison
As anyone remember, the diatribe on the Netflix series dedicated to Queen Cleopatra, written by Peres Owino and NneNne Iwuji, produced by Jada Pinkett as part of a project on African Queens, on air since tomorrow, May 10, in four episodes of 45 minutes each, dates back to a few weeks ago.
The reason for the controversy is the colour of the actress Adele James’ skin (black) whereas, according to many scholars, Cleopatra VII was of Macedonian blood. In Italy Alberto Angela also remembered it, in one of his shows.
Well, another TV Cleopatra is going to arrive! The Egyptian documentary channel “al-Wathaeqya”, of the Documentary Production Sector at the United Media Services Company, announced it has begun producing a documentary about the true story of Queen Cleopatra, one that aims to tell a historically accurate depiction of her life.
The documentary channel said in a statement: (altro…)