Blaze Media Reports: Netflix announced an alleged documentary film based on the life of Cleopatra, but the project was widely lambasted on social media for bizarrely portraying the historical figure as black.

"From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens," reads the description of the movie from the Netflix YouTube account.

Many on social media found the claim ludicrous and ridiculed the movie. Many pointed out that the heritage of Cleopatra was documented by historians who have concluded she was Greek and Macedonian.

"Egypt is diverse in skin colors, there’s no one Egyptian look so you could do a documentary about black Egyptian rulers but Cleopatra was of Greek ancestry and presenting her story as a battle between native Egyptians and the oppressive Roman tyrants is extremely anachronistic," read one popular response.

"So this documentary, as per the trailer, is intentionally trying to stir up a nonexistent controversy over the ethnicity of Cleopatra, who was undoubtedly Greek with Iranian ancestry, to celebrate strong African women rulers," said the host of a podcast about Hellenistic history. "This looks pretty bad all around."