The new season of TCM's 'The Plot Thickens' explores the production history of the notorious epic through the lens of ...

Cleopatra is not only a supercolossal eye-filler (the unprecedented budget shows in the physical opulence throughout), but it is also a remarkably literate cinematic recreation of an historic epoch.

Cleopatra was, in fact, ... Martinez discovered at the temple of Taposiris Magna revealed the first direct link between the temple site and Cleopatra’s family line.

The ‘Queen Cleopatra’ Uproar Explained. The reaction to Netflix’s documentary series is a combination of historical inaccuracy, sincere bad reviews, and yes, a lot of racism ...

Cleopatra descended from a long line of murderers and upheld the family tradition, but was for her time and place remarkably well behaved. She nonetheless survives as a wanton temptress, ...

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Netflix’s “Queen Cleopatra" series director Tina Gharavi defended the choice to portray the historical figure as Black following several allegations of "blackwashing." ...

When it comes to Cleopatra, the enigmatic ruler whose political savvy — and romantic entanglements — have made her an endless source of fascination, Hollywood has never gotten it right ...

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At the crux of the debate among historians has been whether Cleopatra, who hailed from a long line of Macedonian Greeks, would have darker skin because of her African ancestry.

Egypt’s Supreme Council Of Antiquities (SCA) has added its voice to the row over the portrayal of Cleopatra as a Black woman in Netflix’s upcoming docudrama Queen Cleopatra. The casting of ...