Movies & Shows

Is Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra cultural appreciation or cultural appropriation?

The Conversation via Reuters ConnectJune 4, 2023January 13, 202509 mins

Cleopatra’s story told by Western experts on Egypt’s behalf is an act of separating the culture from its people.

Queen Charlotte has her own Bridgerton spinoff on Netflix – but who was she really? And why was she obsessed with Australia?

The Conversation via Reuters ConnectMay 25, 2023January 13, 2025010 mins

Queen Charlotte captured viewers’ attention in the Netflix series Bridgerton as the snuff-sniffing, gossip-greedy, biracial wife of the “mad king” George III.

Cleopatra’s skin color didn’t matter in ancient Egypt – her strategic role in world history did

The Conversation via Reuters ConnectMay 22, 2023January 14, 2025010 mins

Much debate has raged about her ethnicity. The queen was of Greek ancestry. In the Netflix series she’s played by a black actress.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever reclaims the myth of an African utopia

The Conversation via Reuters ConnectMay 3, 2023January 16, 2025010 mins

The creation of the Wakandan African identity has been a contentious issue.

Great Expectations: why it’s not historically inaccurate for a Dickens character to be Black

The Conversation via Reuters ConnectApril 30, 2023January 17, 2025010 mins

The idea that there were no Black people in Britain in Dickensian times is prevalent, but wrong.

The Era of Afrofuturism

Anand SubramanianApril 25, 2023January 16, 202508 mins

Afrofuturism is a cultural trend that has gained popularity in recent decades. It is a future vision based on Black people’s experiences, traditions, and ambitions.