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As Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra fights to protect her throne, family and legacy in this docuseries featuring reenactments and expert interviews.

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jada Pinkett Smith

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Adele James

    Queen Cleopatra

  3. Cast 1

    Craig Russell

    Mark Anthony

  4. Cast 1

    John Partridge

    Julius Caesar

  5. Andira Crichlow

    Arsinoe

  6. Kaysha Woollery

    Charmian

  7. Laya Lewis

    Eiras

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Miniseries

2023 | 4 episodes

As Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra fights to protect her throne, family and legacy in this docuseries featuring reenactments and expert interviews.

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A simplistic drama/documentary view of Cleopatra and her entanglements with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony which has yet again ignited the black debate. No one really knows if Cleopatra was African black, as it were, yet even the Egyptians are enraged that she is portrayed in this way, although the actress, Adele James is of mixed race and therefore coffee coloured. I say simplistic because it's an accurate historical account of Cleopatra's life for anyone who wants a quick history lesson, but it's tainted by modern verbiage from the quasi academics who provide historical input. It's o...

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Status Ended

Network Network

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish 

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