The Ambassadors, Nation19’s new film staring Mele x Manaia

Documentary film about two self proclaimed Samoan teenage ambassadors to China directed and produced by Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq

The Ambassadors

Length: 56:46

Theme: Cultural preservation, identity, empowerment, music

Format: Feature film

The Ambassadors” is a feature-length documentary that chronicles two biracial descendants of Paramount Chief Tuli Le’iato of American Samoa: Melē Aliyah, 7, who has an uncanny knowledge of indigenous plants, and her little sister, Manaia Oli Oli, 6, an artist. They dream of their future selves as super sheroes with the ability to speak several languages, end racism, make people smile, and spread Fa’a Samoa (Samoan way of life) to the world by taking their island culture on the road, starting with the most populated place in the world, China!