After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt plans counterprogramming
Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing "African Queens" docuseries "Queen Cleopatra," which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans to tell its own version of the Pharaonic ruler's story using "the highest levels of research and scrutiny."
Al Wathaeqya, the Egyptian state-backed Documentary Channel, recently announced plans to produce a documentary with the government-owned broadcaster, United Media Services — an apparent response to what some Egyptian critics called "historical revisionism" in "Queen Cleopatra" by Netflix and others.
"Starting as usual in all documentary production sector and documentary channel work, there are working sessions currently being held with a number of specialists in history, archaeology, and anthropology; to subject research related to the subject of the film and its image to the highest levels of research and scrutiny," the channel said, according to a
