# Queen Muhammad Ali > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Queen_Muhammad_Ali > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Queen_Muhammad_Ali.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Muhammad_Ali > Source revision: 1343919632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American film director}} {{Infobox person | name = Queen Muhammad Ali | birth_name = Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali | birth_date = November 12 | birth_place = [Watts, Los Angeles](/source/Watts%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| *[Director](/source/Film_director) *[producer](/source/film_producer) *[writer](/source/screenwriter) *[lecturer](/source/lecturer) *[journalist](/source/journalist) *[activist](/source/activist) *model}} | website = {{URL|https://queenmuhammadali.com}} }} '''Queen Melé Le'iato Tuiasosopo Muhammad Ali''' (born November 12) is an American filmmaker, composer, social activist and [visual anthropologist](/source/visual_anthropologist).{{Cite web|url=http://www.statepress.com/article/2016/02/bars4justice-documentary-showing|title=Black African Coalition brings award-winning documentary, #Bars4Justice, to ASU|website=www.statepress.com|access-date=2016-03-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/345936/samoan-artist-to-create-manuia-samoa-wellness-hub|title=Samoan artist to create 'Manuia Samoa' wellness hub|date=2017-12-11|work=Radio New Zealand|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-nz}} Queen and her husband [Hakeem Khaaliq](/source/Hakeem_Khaaliq) founded [Nation19](/source/Nation19), a magazine and film production company, and she is the director of the Manuia Samoa, a social wellness hub in [American Samoa](/source/American_Samoa).{{Cite web|url=http://www.samoanews.com/linking-samoans/american-samoan-woman-takes-local-health-issues-nations-capital|title=American Samoan woman takes local health issues to the nation's capital|date=2019-01-30|website=www.samoanews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16}} == Early life == Queen was born in [Watts, Los Angeles](/source/Watts%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), to an [American Samoa](/source/American_Samoa)n mother who worked as a teacher, and an [African American](/source/African_American) father who worked as a percussionist and singer and toured the Caribbean. After graduating high school at an early age, she attended [Mt. San Jacinto College](/source/Mt._San_Jacinto_College) in [Riverside County](/source/Riverside_County%2C_California), where she studied art. Her grandmother, Princess Masaniai Tunufa'i Le'iato Tuiasosopo, is the daughter of [Tuli Leʻiato](/source/Tuli_Le%CA%BBiato), a ''[Faʻamatai](/source/Fa%CA%BBamatai)'' paramount chief of the islands of [Tutuila](/source/Tutuila) and [Aunu'u](/source/Aunu'u).{{Cite web|url=https://entrypoints.fireside.fm/guests/queen-muhammad-ali|title=ENTRY POINTS - Queen Muhammad Ali|last=LLC|first=The Music Snobs|website=entrypoints.fireside.fm|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209152144/https://entrypoints.fireside.fm/guests/queen-muhammad-ali|url-status=dead}}{{Citation|title=93KHJ Interviews Nation19 / APDTA|url=https://soundcloud.com/93khjradio-1/93khj-interviews-nation19|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://soundcloud.com/nation19/wbai-pacifica-radio-ny-voices-and-visions-interview-w-nation19s-queen-muhammad-ali|title=WBAI Pacifica Radio NY: Voices and Visions interview w Nation19's Queen Muhammad Ali Hosted by the remarkable Malika Lee Whitney|last=Whitney|first=Malika Lee|work=WBAI Pacifica Radio NY}} From 1999 to 2007, part of which coincided with her time in college, Queen worked as a teacher at a private elementary school. ==Career== Queen was a composer on the [MTV](/source/MTV) reality show ''[Adventures in Hollyhood](/source/Adventures_in_Hollyhood)'', starring rap group [Three 6 Mafia](/source/Three_6_Mafia), which premiered on April 5, 2007. Queen and [Hakeem Khaaliq](/source/Hakeem_Khaaliq) were consulting producers on the MTV reality show ''[T.I.'s Road to Redemption](/source/T.I.'s_Road_to_Redemption)'', starring rapper [T.I.](/source/T.I.), which premiered on February 21, 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ti/put-down-your-guns_b_201493.html|title=Responsibility Is A Lifestyle: It's Time to Bury Da Beef|last=T.I|date=2009-06-11|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-09}} In the winter of 2010, the couple established ''[Nation19](/source/Nation19)'', first as a printed magazine and artist collective before expanding into [visiting lectures](/source/visiting_scholar), photography exhibitions and film production with emphases on [ethnography](/source/ethnography) and [hip hop](/source/hip_hop) culture.{{cite web | url=https://voyagephoenix.com/interview/check-queen-muhammad-ali-hakeem-khaaliqs-artwork/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221141239/https://voyagephoenix.com/interview/check-queen-muhammad-ali-hakeem-khaaliqs-artwork/ | archive-date=2024-02-21 | title=Check out Queen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem Khaaliq's Artwork | date=8 January 2019 }}{{cite web|url=http://azinformant.com/african-diaspora-authority-dr-runoko-rashidi-lectures-in-arizona-for-first-time/ |title=African Diaspora Authority Dr. Runoko Rashidi Lectures In Arizona For First Time|work=[Arizona Informant](/source/Arizona_Informant) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313062326/http://azinformant.com/african-diaspora-authority-dr-runoko-rashidi-lectures-in-arizona-for-first-time/|archive-date=March 13, 2015}} In 2014, the couple produced ''¿Quiénes son los afro-mexicanos?'' (Who are the [Afro-Mexicans](/source/Afro-Mexicans)?), a two-part documentary short film that aired across [Univision](/source/Univision) stations,{{cite web|url=https://www.ebony.com/culture-clash-new-univision-tv-documentary-reveals-afro-mexican-struggle-for-ide/#axzz3IlVAHWqN |title=Culture Clash: New Univision TV Documentary Reveals Afro-Mexican Struggle for Identity |work=[Ebony](/source/Ebony_(magazine)) |date=February 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003150306/https://www.ebony.com/culture-clash-new-univision-tv-documentary-reveals-afro-mexican-struggle-for-ide/ |archive-date=October 3, 2022}} premiering on July 14 and July 15 on [KTVW](/source/KTVW).https://www.univision.com/arizona/ktvw/quienes-son-los-afro-mexicanos-video
https://www.univision.com/arizona/ktvw/afro-mexico-parte-2-video It also aired as a combined one-part short film in some markets.{{cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/atlanta/wuvg/el-mexico-invisible-afromexicanos-video |title=El México invisible: Afromexicanos |publisher=Univision |date=13 November 2014 |accessdate=February 20, 2024}} In 2015, the couple produced and directed the documentary short film ''[#Bars4Justice](/source/Bars4Justice)'' which had its premiere on October 1 in [Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona). The film was shot on August 9 in [Ferguson, Missouri](/source/Ferguson%2C_Missouri), documenting the first anniversary of the police [shooting and killing of Michael Brown](/source/Killing_of_Michael_Brown).{{cite web |url=http://nation19.com/nation19s-new-short-film-filmed-in-ferguson-set-to-premier-in-phoenix/ |title=Activists discuss social injustice at World Premier screening of film in Phoenix! |work=[Nation19](/source/Nation19) |date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612203304/http://nation19.com/nation19s-new-short-film-filmed-in-ferguson-set-to-premier-in-phoenix/ |archive-date=June 12, 2016 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://nation19.com/world-premier-review/ |title=Filmmakers bring Ferguson to Phoenix's Hip Hop community |work=Nation19 |date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920181907/http://nation19.com/world-premier-review/ |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |url-status=dead }} It screened across film festivals internationally, including the 24th [Pan African Film Festival](/source/Pan_African_Film_Festival) in Los Angeles in February 2016 and the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art)'s 17th Doc Fortnight film festival in [Manhattan, New York](/source/Manhattan%2C_New_York) in February 2017.{{Cite web|title=#Bars4Justice a.k.a. Bars4Justice - Available from TWN|url=https://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/responsive/cpage.aspx?rec=1443&card=price|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.twn.org}} In 2016, the couple produced and directed the documentary short film ''War on Us'', starring [Rhymefest](/source/Rhymefest) and [Jasiri X](/source/Jasiri_X) in [Bogota, Colombia](/source/Bogota%2C_Colombia), which had its premiere on April 19. The film highlights the negative consequences of the [war on drugs](/source/war_on_drugs) and was screened at the Museum of Drug Policy's pop-up exhibition held in Manhattan, New York on April 19–21 coinciding with the [Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly](/source/Special_Session_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly) (UNGASS) that discussed the "world drug problem" and policies around it.{{cite web |url=http://nation19.com/how-to-travel-in-one-of-the-most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world-and-still-be-fresh/ |title=How to travel in one of the most dangerous cities in the world and still be fresh |website=Nation19 |date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307120551/http://nation19.com/how-to-travel-in-one-of-the-most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world-and-still-be-fresh/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://massappeal.com/the-museum-of-drug-policy/ |title=The Museum of Drug Policy Wants You to Speak Your Truth |website=[Mass Appeal](/source/Mass_Appeal_(media)) |first=Jamie |last=Maleszka |date=April 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116184802/http://massappeal.com/the-museum-of-drug-policy/ |archive-date=November 16, 2016}} ==Activism== Queen was an organizer and speaker at the [Indigenous Peoples March](/source/Indigenous_Peoples_March) held in [Washington, DC](/source/Washington%2C_DC) on January 18, 2019, where she highlighted the health issues faced by [American Samoa](/source/American_Samoa) and [Pacific Islanders](/source/Pacific_Islanders),{{cite web|url=https://www.samoanews.com/linking-samoans/american-samoan-woman-takes-local-health-issues-nations-capital |title=American Samoan woman takes local health issues to the nation's capital |work=[Samoa News](/source/Samoa_News) |first=Fili |last=Sagapolutele |date=January 30, 2019 |accessdate=February 21, 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/we-will-not-be-silenced-a-meaningful-march-days-after-trump-joked-about-a-native-american-massacre/2019/01/18/f7d93bdc-1b79-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html|title='We will not be silenced': A march takes on new meaning in the age of Trump |first=Theresa |last=Vargas |date=January 19, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post}} and was a speaker at the first Indigenous Peoples Movement conference held in [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas) on May 10–12.{{cite web |url=https://lastrealindians.com/news/2019/4/19/april-19-2019-eliminating-the-borders-for-a-new-world-indigenous-peoples-movement-conference-set-for-houston |title=Indigenous Peoples Movement Conference set for Houston |work=[Last Real Indians](/source/Chase_Iron_Eyes) |date=April 19, 2019 |accessdate=February 21, 2024 |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222012311/https://lastrealindians.com/news/2019/4/19/april-19-2019-eliminating-the-borders-for-a-new-world-indigenous-peoples-movement-conference-set-for-houston |url-status=dead }} She was a speaker on the December 21, 2020 virtual session of the Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) organized by Global Peace, an initiative of ACCORD (African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes) based in [Mount Edgecombe, South Africa](/source/Mount_Edgecombe%2C_South_Africa).{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/globalpeace.me/videos/un75-global-peace-intergenerational-dialogue-new-york-city-united-states/396213171800544/ |title=UN75 Global Peace Intergenerational Dialogue, New York City - United States |website=[Facebook](/source/Facebook) |language=en|access-date=2020-12-17}} The IGD was a part of the Global Conversation initiative launched by the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) in January 2020 to mark the body's 75th anniversary.{{cite web |url=https://un75.online/accord/ |title=Global Peace – About |work=UN75.online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117190406/https://un75.online/accord/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |url=https://globalpeace.me/about/ |title=UN75 – Our Community – ACCORD |work=globalpeace.me |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119171918/https://globalpeace.me/about/ |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |url-status=live }} On February 2, 2021, Queen was selected by the [Yerba Buena Center for the Arts](/source/Yerba_Buena_Center_for_the_Arts) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) as part of its YBCA 100 honoring a hundred "everyday heroes{{em dash}}artists, activists, and community leaders{{em dash}}whose work is in service of building sustainable, equitable, and regenerative communities" held virtually at the YBCA 100 Summit on April 3.{{cite web|url=https://ybca.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FINAL-YBCA100-Press-Release.2020-2-1.pdf |title=Yerba Buena Center for the Arts announces the YBCA 100 |date=February 2, 2021 |accessdate=February 20, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://ybca.org/ybca-100/ |title=YBCA 100 |date=February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209172551/https://ybca.org/ybca-100/ |archive-date=2021-02-09 |access-date=2024-02-20 |url-status=live }} On February 25, 2023, she received the Acie J. Belton Life Achievement Award in [Baton Rouge](/source/Baton_Rouge), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana).{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrumnewspaper.info/p/baton-rouge-activists-receive-acie |title=Baton Rouge activists receive Acie J. Belton Life Achievement Award |website=TheDrumNewspaper.info |date=February 18, 2013 |accessdate=February 17, 2024}} ==Personal life== Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq have three children.{{cite web|url=https://www.wafb.com/2024/01/27/young-travelers-find-creative-way-teach-kids-about-other-cultures/ |title=Young travelers find a creative way to teach kids about other cultures |date=January 27, 2024 |accessdate=February 19, 2024}} ==Works== ===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Film and television ! style="width:75px;"| Director ! style="width:75px;"| Producer ! style="width:75px;"| Writer ! style="width:75px;"| Editor or
Composer ! rowspan="2" | Notes |- | 2007 | ''[Adventures in Hollyhood](/source/Adventures_in_Hollyhood)'' | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{yes|Composer}} | Reality TV series |- | 2008 | ''[T.I.'s Road to Redemption](/source/T.I.'s_Road_to_Redemption)'' | {{na}} | {{yes}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | Reality TV series |- | 2014 | ''¿Quiénes son los afro-mexicanos?''{{cite web|url=http://mv.univision.com/video/483296|title=¿Quiénes son los afro-mexicanos?|work=Univision.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111150135/http://mv.univision.com/video/483296|archive-date=2014-11-11}} | {{na}} | {{yes}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | TV short film |- | 2015 | ''[#Bars4Justice](/source/Bars4justice)''{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/152839341|title=#Bars4Justice (trailer)|website=Vimeo|access-date=2016-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://ktla.com/2016/02/13/saturday-gayle-on-the-go-saturday-february-13th-2016/|title=Saturday "Gayle on the Go!", Saturday, February 13th, 2016|website=KTLA|date=13 February 2016|access-date=2016-03-05|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305152015/http://ktla.com/2016/02/13/saturday-gayle-on-the-go-saturday-february-13th-2016/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.statepress.com/article/2016/02/bars4justice-documentary-showing|title=Black African Coalition brings award-winning documentary, #Bars4Justice, to ASU|website=www.statepress.com|access-date=2016-03-05}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Editor}} | Short film |- | 2016 | ''War on Us'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{na}} | Short film |- | 2016 | ''The Last Matai'' | {{yes}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{yes|Editor}} | |- | 2022 | ''Comin' Up Short''{{Cite web|title=Comin' up Short|url=https://filmfreeway.com/CominupShort|access-date=2020-12-17|website=FilmFreeway|language=en}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{na}} | {{yes|Composer}} | |- |} === Educational exhibits and installations === * Invisible México: Afro-Mexicanos Arizona Community Foundation (The Karen Work Seleznow Gallery){{Cite tweet |user=AZFoundation |number=1041754628893814789 |title=Join us on October 11 at The Karen Work Seleznow Gallery for the opening reception of Queen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem Khaaliq Invisible México : Afro-Mexicanos. |date=18 September 2018}} * Invisible Mexico: ''Global Education Center Nashville, Tennessee September 2017''{{Cite web|url=http://nashvillearts.com/2017/08/global-education-center-third-root-mexico/|title=GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTER: THIRD ROOT OF MEXICO|last=Lester|first=DeeGee|date=September 2017|website=nashville Arts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044413/http://nashvillearts.com/2017/08/global%2Deducation%2Dcenter%2Dthird%2Droot%2Dmexico/|archive-date=2017-09-20|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://local.nashvillescene.com/event/global-education-center/invisible-mexico|title=Invisible Mexico|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en|archive-date=2017-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044416/http://local.nashvillescene.com/event/global-education-center/invisible-mexico|url-status=dead}} * A New New Wave!: ''monOrchid Gallery Phoenix Arizona'' * Invisible Mexico: ''monOrchid Gallery Phoenix Arizona March 2017''{{Cite news|url=http://paradisevalleyindependent.com/events/new-exhibit-showcases-indigenous-afro-mexicanos-photos/|title=New exhibit showcases indigenous Afro-Mexicanos through photos|date=2017-03-02|work=Paradise Valley Independent|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/03/10/artists-uncover-invisible-mexico-through-augmented-reality/|title=Artists uncover 'Invisible Mexico' through augmented reality {{!}} Cronkite News|date=2017-03-10|website=Cronkite News - Arizona PBS|access-date=2017-03-10}} * Exhibit19: ''February 2015 Glendale Community College'' * Invisible Mexico: ''Private Gallery Univision Television April – July 2014'' * #TURNUP Denver: ''DVSN WEST Cherry Creek Denver CO 2014''{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/19apdta/photos/a.126027800800993.20740.102752146461892/696632190407215/?type=3&theater|title=Shout out to Plug1 of DeLaSoul....! #turnupdenver #djchonz City Limitz Dont miss the last day. #APDTA @nation19 @radiobums the artwork of Queen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem Khaaliq|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-10}} ===Design and multimedia=== [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson) commissioned Queen and her partner [Hakeem Khaaliq](/source/Hakeem_Khaaliq) to design for his [This Is It](/source/This_Is_It_(concert_residency)) concerts. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/15435421/Michael-Jackson|title=Behance|date=March 2014 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.queenmuhammadali.com}} * {{IMDb name|2600662}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Queen Muhammad}} Category:Film directors from Los Angeles Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century African-American artists Category:21st-century African-American women artists Category:African-American film directors Category:African-American Muslims Category:American people of Samoan descent Category:American women film directors Category:Samoan film directors Category:Samoan women film directors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Queen Muhammad Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Muhammad_Ali) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Muhammad_Ali?action=history)). 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