Queen Cleopatra is the second in Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of drama-docuseries hybrids; this time the focus is on one of the most famous African queens of them all, Egypt’s ...

“Queen Cleopatra” is the second season of executive producer Jada Pinkett Smith’s documentary series, titled “African Queens.” The first season, ...

“Queen Cleopatra,” the second installment of the Jada Pinkett Smith-produced “African Queens” anthology, arrived Wednesday on Netflix and — despite the ongoing controversy over the ...

"Queen Cleopatra," the second installment of the Jada Pinkett Smith-produced "African Queens" anthology, arrived Wednesday on Netflix and — despite the ongoing controversy over the docudrama's ...

It is the second part of a Netflix "docuseries" on African queens, focused on female rulers from the African continent. "Queen Cleopatra," as portrayed by British actor Adele James in the Netflix ...

So you think you know Cleopatra? A new biography of the ancient Egyptian leader challenges many of the myths that have defined her over the centuries. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.

Choosing biracial actor Adele James to play Cleopatra VII, the star of the second season of “African Queens,” should not have been one of them.

Produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Cleopatra is the first of a two-season series, African Queens, with the second season to cover the reign of Queen Njinga during the 1600s.

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

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.