Netflix’s “Queen Cleopatra' series director Tina Gharavi defended the choice to portray the historical figure as Black following several allegations of 'blackwashing.'
The massive tunnel was previously hidden beneath a temple 40-feet below the ground just west of Alexandria, Egypt. accusations of"blackwashing"The Netflix series faced intense backlash after the first trailer for the latest season of"African Queens" featured Cleopatra portrayed by Adele James, a dark-skinned actress. Gharavi remarked on this backlash, calling the comments that she faced as"laughable.
Despite that claim, many Egyptians have similarly attacked the portrayal as historically inaccurate. On Wednesday, Egyptian lawyer Mahmoud al-Semary filed a lawsuit against Netflix for the series, calling for an investigation into Netflix management as well"Most of what Netflix platform displays do not conform to Islamic and societal values and principles, especially Egyptian ones," the complaint read.
"We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know those stories because there are tons of them! The sad part is that we don’t have ready access to these historical women who were so powerful and were the backbones of African nations," Smith said.
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