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‘Queen Cleopatra’ director responds to Egyptian backlash
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The director of the “Queen Cleopatra” documentary Tina Gharavi has responded to the backlash and outrage her film has caused, directing addressing Egypt’s discontent. “Queen Cleopatra” premiered on Netflix on May 11.  It depicts Pharaonic Queen of Egypt as a black-skinned woman, which led to outraged accusations of ‘falsifying history’. In an interview that Gharavi conducted with Variety magazine, she confirmed that she was faced with violent outrage after choosing black actress Adele James to play the character of Cleopatra in the series. Most of the worst reactions were from Egyptians, which she questioned as they themselves are Africans. “While shooting, I became the target of a huge on

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