Queen Muhammad Ali

Queen Muhammad Ali (Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali) is an American award-winning film director, writer, visual anthropologist, and television producer. Ali is also the great-granddaughter of Paramount Chief Tuli Le'iato of American Samoa. Born in Watts, Los Angeles, Queen's maternal 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. Queen made her debut as a television producer in 2009, when she worked on MTV's T.I.'s Road to Redemption starring American rapper and actor T.I. Her directorial debut began with her powerful social justice short #Bars4Justice about the uprisings in Ferguson won best short Documentary at the 24th Annual Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. The following year she Directed and produced WarOnUs, was screened at the United Nations (UNGASS 2016). Awards Winner of ArtPlace America 2017 National Creative Placemaking Grant Tiapapata Art Centre artist in residence Apia, Samoa Awardee (Film) 2017 Winner Artist Research and Development Grant recipient "Invisible Mexico" Arizona Commission on the Arts Winner of Best Short Documentary 24th annual Pan African Film Festival February 2016 Mutianyu Fellowship Residency Awardee (Film/Multimedia) Beijing, China September 2016 Selected guest speaker at MoMA's 2017 Doc fortnight International film festival Winner 2017 ISF Film Grant / Scholarship Recipient (Documentary