I would like to draw a direct line from her to the ... Never before has it been more important to have women leaders: white or Black. “Queen Cleopatra” debuts on Netflix on May 10.

It is not about being Black or White or even Yellow. Let's say they wanted to portray Cleopatra as a man, we would also object to that." Does it matter if Netflix's Cleopatra is Black or White?

Among the 500-plus sculptors with work on view, only one was Black: Edmonia Lewis. Her Death of Cleopatra ... white vigilantes. She was acquitted, but a year later was accused of stealing art ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched ...

"[Cleopatra] was an African woman ... before British colonialism so she was a Black woman," he said. "It reminds me of old cowboy movies where the White guy ... you have the art and you have ...

An Egyptian lawyer has filed a lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix for depicting Pharoh Cleopatra as a Black woman in a new ... and Netflix was accused of white-washing the historical figure.

The Guardian's Hanna Flint called it "a backwards step for Hollywood representation", while director Lexi Alexander said a black actress ... told Newsweek: "Cleopatra VII was white - of Macedonian ...