Beam Me Up, Sulu

Jun 25, 2025

1h 30m

★ 0.0

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

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Cast

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George Takei

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Garrett Wang

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Alexander Siddig

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James Shigeta

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