Adele James in Queen Cleopatra Mandatory Credit Netflix
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Controversy over casting for new Netflix docuseries
CNN's Zain Asher speaks with an Egyptologist about the controversy swirling around Netflix's new docuseries.
'Queen Cleopatra' actress Adele James talks 'blackwashing'
Adele James is addressing a colorism controversy over a Netflix docuseries in which she stars as Cleopatra. "Queen Cleopatra," which is executive produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, portrays the ruler of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt as a woman of color.
