Searching for Cleopatra
This is the story of one remarkable woman searching for another, separated by thousands of years.
With unimaginable wealth and power, Cleopatra was the greatest woman of an era and one of the most iconic figures of the ancient world. Searching for Cleopatra, a documentary from The Nature of Things, explores her political genius, scholarly accomplishments and history-making alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra’s fascinating mythology has captured the imagination of everyone from Shakespeare to Hollywood, as well as generations of historians — and, now, lawyer-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez.
YEAR: 2020
RUNNING TIME: 45 minutes
WRITERS: Susan Teskey & Rosalind Bain
DIRECTORS: Susan Teskey & Rosalind Bain
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Alan Handel, Lucie Ridout & Catherine Bainbridge
PRODUCERS: Philippe Chabot, Ann Dixon-Dyer & Pip Gould
DOCUMENTARY / FEATURED / FACTUAL