Queen Muhammad Ali

Queen Muhammad Ali (Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali) is an American Samoan award-winning film director,[1][2][3] photographer, graphic design artist, multimedia activist, lecturer,[4] television producer,[5][6] humanitarian,[7] writer, visual anthropologist, the founder of Nation19 Magazine, and the Director of the Manuia Samoa, a social wellness hub in American Samoa.[8][9] Ali is also the great-granddaughter of Paramount Chief Tuli Le'iato of American Samoa.[10][11][12]

Queen Muhammad Ali
Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali
Born
Queen Muhammad Ali

November 12, ?
Watts, California, U.S.
Occupation
Websitewww.instagram.com/manuia_samoa

Queen was also one of the organizers and a speaker at the highly publicized indigenous peoples march that occurred on January 18, 2019.[13][14][15]

Early life

Queen was born in Watts, Los Angeles, the daughter of an American Samoan mother who worked as a teacher, and an African American father who toured the Caribbean working as a percussionist and singer. Graduating high school at an early age, Queen attended Mt. San Jacinto College, where she studied art. Queen's grandmother, Princess Masaniai Tunufa'i Le'iato Tuiasosopo, is the daughter of Paramount Chief Tuli Le'iato of American Samoa. It is rumored that Ms. Ali also has family ties to late boxing champion Muhammad Ali.[16][17][18][19]

Career

Early career

From 1999 to 2007, while attending college, Queen worked as an elementary grade school teacher for a private school. She also composed music for network television in 2007.[20]

2009-present

Queen made her debut as a TV producer in 2009, when she worked on T.I.'s Road to Redemption starring American rapper and actor T.I.[21][22] Aside from TV her multi-media production company Mobile Regime's client roster included State Farm,[23] Xbox, Adidas,[24] P. F. Chang's[25] and pop icon Michael Jackson.[26][27] In the winter of 2010, Queen and long time partner Hakeem Khaaliq established Nation19 which doubles as an artist collective and printed magazine that produces documentary films, and exhibits. In 2016, her short film #Bars4Justice was an official selection at the 24th Annual Pan African Film Festival[28] in Los Angeles and she was the only woman selected to speak at the United Nations Global Peace dialogue in NYC on December 15th 2020. [29]

Activism
Front LT-RT: Phyllis Young, Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali, and other Indigenous activists lead the Marchers to the Lincoln Memorial on January 18th, 2019
  • United Nations UN75 Global Peace Intergenerational Dialogue, New York City December 15th 2020[30] (selected speaker)
  • Indigenous Peoples March 2019 - (Indigenous Health) Washington DC[31] (selected speaker)
  • Manuia Samoa - (Indigenous Health education and archival) American Samoa[32]
  • Visual Anthropology Activism TEDx. [33]

Awards and honors
  • YBCA 100 list
  • Official selection at the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival 2021 (Co-Director Comin' Up Short)
  • Winner of ArtPlace America's 2017 highly competitive National Creative Placemaking Fund (Manuia Samoa) (NCPF)[34][35]
  • Official selection at the 24th annual Pan African Film Festival February 2016 (Co-Director #Bars4Justice)[36]
  • Mutianyu Fellowship Residency Awardee (Film/Multimedia) Beijing, China September 2016[37]
  • Selected guest speaker at MoMA's 2017 Doc fortnight International film festival [38]
  • Winner 2017 ISF Film Grant / Scholarship Recipient (Documentary)[39][40]

Works

Film and television

Educational Exhibits and Installations
  • Invisible México : Afro-Mexicanos Arizona Community Foundation (The Karen Work Seleznow Gallery)
  • Invisible Mexico: Global Education Center Nashville, TN September 2017[51][52]
  • A New New Wave! monOrchid Gallery Phoenix AZ
  • Invisible Mexico: monOrchid Gallery Phoenix AZ March 2017[53][54]
  • Exhibit19: February 2015 Glendale Community College [55]
  • Invisible Mexico: Private Gallery Univision Television April - July 2014 [56]
  • #TURNUP Denver: DVSN WEST Cherry Creek Denver CO 2014[57]

Music videos and commercials produced or directed by Ms Ali

Design and multimedia

Michael Jackson commissioned Queen and her partner Hakeem Khaaliq to design for his "This Is It" London tour. The work included the design of The Earth Song website, design of MichaelJacksonCO.com website, print campaigns and the design of The Earth Song Logo.[63]

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