Beam Me Up, Sulu

Jun 25, 2025

1h 30m

★ 6.0

In 1985, one Trekkie went where no fan had gone before.

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.

Genres

Documentary

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Highway Child

Roddenberry Entertainment

Beam Me Up, Sulu Trailers

Cast

Self

Stan Woo

Self

George Takei

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Garrett Wang

Self

Alexander Siddig

Self

James Shigeta

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Eugene Roddenberry

Self

Christina Chong

Self

Ian Alexander

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