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Review – African Queens: Njinga

Saturday, 24 June 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

From Netflix comes the African Queens series, and the first series focuses on Njinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba. Netflix describes it as “a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. The first season will cover the life of Njinga, the complex, captivating, and fearless 17th-century warrior queen of Ndongo [read more]

Netflix releases Queen Cleopatra trailer

Saturday, 15 April 2023, 6:45 Moniek Bloks 0

Netflix has released the new trailer for the Queen Cleopatra documentary as part of the African Queens series. “From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. This season will feature Queen Cleopatra, the world’s most famous, powerful, and misunderstood woman — a daring queen [read more]

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story full trailer released

Thursday, 23 March 2023, 15:58 Moniek Bloks 0

Netflix has released the full trailer for Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. The release date has been set for 4 May 2023. According to Netflix, it will be “Centered on Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence and power, this Bridgerton-verse prequel tells the story of how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a [read more]

Queen Charlotte’s Bridgerton story comes to Netflix

Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 17:34 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story will soon be released on Netflix. The release date has been set for 4 May 2023. According to Netflix, it will be “Centered on Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence and power, this Bridgerton-verse prequel tells the story of how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great [read more]

New Netflix documentary – African Queens: Njinga

Thursday, 9 February 2023, 17:26 Moniek Bloks 0

A new documentary about Queen Njinga of Angola is coming to Netflix next week. The synopsis reads, “From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. The first season will cover the life of Njinga, the complex, captivating, and fearless 17th-century warrior queen of [read more]

Review: Blood, Sex & Royalty

Monday, 16 January 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Blood, Sex & Royalty is the latest Netflix documentary on the Tudors. The three episodes focus on Anne Boleyn’s rise to become King Henry VIII’s Queen. It stars Amy James-Kelly as Anne Boleyn and Max Parker as King Henry VIII. The experts in the series are, amongst others, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lauren Mackay, Tracy Borman and [read more]