The controversy over Netflix’s new Black-led docudrama about Cleopatra is raging on as an Egyptian broadcaster vows to create its own high-end series to rival it.
Since the first trailer for Queen Cleopatra, which is executive produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, arrived last month, there has been uproar in Egypt over its casting. Netflix was forced to disable comments on the trailer as they turned hostile and occasionally racist.
