Beam Me Up, Sulu
In 1985, one Trekkie went where no fan had gone before.
2025-06-25 | 90 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
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