To be Takei / Rainbow Shooting Star Pictures presents ; in association with Dodgeville Films ; a film by Jennifer M. Kroot ; written and directed by Jennifer M. Kroot ; edited and co-directed by Bill Weber ; produced by Gerry Kim & Mayuran Tiruchelvam ; producers, Jennifer M. Kroot, Tina S. Kroot.

A documentary about actor and activist George Takei, including his childhood in a Japanese American internment camp, his marriage to long-time partner Brad Altman, his role as Sulu on Star Trek, his LGBTQ rights activism, and his musical Allegiance. Includes interviews with Star Trek co-stars and ot...

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Corporate Authors:	Rainbow Shooting Star Pictures (Production company), Dodgeville Films (Production company), Frameline (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Kroot, Jennifer M. (Film director, Screenwriter), Weber, Bill (Film director, Editor of moving image work), Kim, Gerry (Film producer), Tiruchelvam, Mayuran (Film producer), Kroot, Tina S. (Film producer), Takei, George, 1937- (on-screen participant.), Takei, Brad (on-screen participant.), Nimoy, Leonard (Interviewee), Shatner, William (Interviewee), Nichols, Nichelle (Interviewee), Koenig, Walter, 1936- (Interviewee)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	San Francisco, CA : Frameline, 2015.
Subjects:	Takei, George, > 1937- Actors > United States > Biography. Gay activists > United States > Biography. Japanese American men > Biography. Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945. Actors. Gay activists. United States. Documentary films. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Feature films > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Biography. Documentary films. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD