Beam Me Up, Sulu (2025)

6.0/10 • 90 min • Documentary Science Fiction

Overview

In 1985, Star Trek's George Takei joined a group of dedicated fans to make a student film deep in the California forest—only for the footage to mysteriously vanish. Nearly 40 years later, Beam Me Up, Sulu unearths this lost film, revealing not just a piece of fan history but a broader story of representation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for inclusion in media and society. The film was released as Yorktown: A Time to Heal (2022)

Cast

George Takei

Garrett Wang

Alexander Siddig

James Shigeta

Eugene Roddenberry

Christina Chong

Ian Alexander

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