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Official Trailer | Netflix

posted 2 years ago by Satan2016 (25525)
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Likes 22k, Dislikes 241k! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IktHcPyNlv4 (2m views)

From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. This season will feature Cleopatra, the world’s most famous, powerful, and misunderstood woman -- a daring queen whose beauty and romances came to overshadow her real asset: her intellect. Cleopatra’s heritage has been the subject of much academic debate, which has often been ignored by Hollywood. Now our series re-assesses this fascinating part of her story.

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 2 years ago

Looked for the petition, but change.org cancelled it! Bottom of article.

https://www.eyerys.com/articles/timeline/attempt-cancel-queen-cleopatra-campaign-blaming-netflix-falsifying-history

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 2 years ago

Good article on the black supremacist "Afrocentrism" movement.

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/greeks-and-egyptians-demand-an-end-to-the-falsification-of-queen-cleopatras-history-almost-60k-sign-the-petition-to-stop-netflixs-new-documentary

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

This whole 'Egyptians were black' thing is hilarious. It's the origins of the 'we wuz kangz' meme.

It's ignorant, pathetic and hilarious.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17745) 2 years ago

“They could have focused on actual African queens, like Amina of Nigeria, Ana [Njinga] of Angola, or Nandi of the Zulu Nation,” TikTok user Jianna Ewuresi said in a video. (It’s worth noting that the first season of African Queens, which premiered on February 15, did focus on Njinga, Queen of Ndongo, and Matamba.)"

Oddly I never heard of this show until the Cleopatra thing got stirred up. Maybe it was a ratings stunt.