Few creative selections kick conversational hornet’s nests like a producer’s decision to cast a person of color in a role long associated with whiteness. Choosing biracial actor Adele James to play ...
Portrait of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Wife of King George III of England’, 1773. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) married George III on 8 September 1761. Found in the collection ...
The Ptolemaic queen of Egypt was a reason for a heated discussion when, in 2020, Gal Gadot was cast as Cleopatra in a Paramount Pictures’ film that never went to production. Apart from some media ...
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 counterprogramming plans ...
Cairo — As soon as Netflix dropped the trailer for its upcoming "docudrama" about ancient Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, drama started bubbling up online. The preview quickly drew criticism. Some Egyptians ...
HOUSTON – Standing in front of the Martin Luther King building at Texas Southern University is an iconic sculpture called African Queen Mother. Many view it as a large fountain or a landmark for ...
The success of Netflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has once again led curious fans to wonder about the monarch’s ancestry. Queen Charlotte is one of the most popular characters on Netflix’s ...