Queen Cleopatra (Season 1)

"Queen Cleopatra" (2023) is a Netflix docuseries you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Tina Gharavi. Adele James plays Egypt's last pharaoh in a drama-documentary that weaves staged reenactments with expert commentary from historians and Egyptologists, narrated by Jada Pinkett-Smith.

The series follows Cleopatra's decades-long effort to hold the Ptolemaic throne against her own brothers, Roman generals and a court that never fully accepted a female ruler. Each alliance she forged and every military decision she made came with the understanding that one wrong move ended the dynasty. An accessible entry point into ancient Egyptian court politics — though scholars have debated some of the series' casting and historical framing. Stream Queen Cleopatra (2023) online on iFILM.