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Shared Stories: Beam Me Up, Sulu

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May 15 | 6:30 pm

Beam Me Up, Sulu

Timour Gregory & Sasha Schneider, Co-Directors

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In 1985, George Takei helped a group of diehard Star Trek fans to make a student film in the California forest, but the footage mysteriously disappeared. 36 years later, Beam Me Up, Sulu tells the story of Takei’s extraordinary act of kindness, explores the history of Asian-American representation in television, and shows what Star Trek’s legacy of inclusion means to millions of fans.

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Museum of Science
1 Museum Of Science Driveway, Mugar Omni Theater, Boston, MA 02114

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May 15, 2026 | 6:30 pm

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Q&A to follow screening:

Timour Gregory, Co-Director
Sasha Schneider, Co-Director
Ashu Rai, Producer/ Cinematographer

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90 MIN

In English

Content warning: Mature content, graphic images

Please visit the Museum of Science for tickets after May 1.

Artists

Timour Gregory & Sasha Schneider Co-Directors

Timour Gregory is a British-Egyptian documentary filmmaker who has covered some of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. His exposé of Europe’s most notorious refugee camp Section B and his film about Rohingya persecution in Myanmar Rashed have been featured on CNN.

Sasha Schneider is a producer and director of artist documentaries. Both are passionate Trekkies.

Co-Director Statement

“Where I come from, size, shape, or color makes no difference.”
—Captain James T. Kirk

Why does Star Trek mean so much to so many people?

In trying to answer this question, we have interviewed actors and academics, writers and producers, and fans of all stripes, young and old, with and without disabilities, people of color and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We have spent two years and a good deal of our own money capturing footage on our own strange new worlds, from Las Vegas, Nevada to Kingsland, Georgia. And we’ve tried to capture the essence of the Vulcan proverb: infinite diversity in infinite combinations.

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Q&A with filmmakers follow the screening:

Timour Gregory, Co-Director

Sasha Schneider, Co-Director

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Ashu Rai, Producer and Cinematographer

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Lisa Simmons, Executive/Artistic Director, Roxbury International Film Festival: Moderator

Lisa Simmons is the Executive and Artistic Director of the Roxbury International Film Festival (ROXFILM), whose mission is to present films that celebrate people of color around the world and to support filmmakers who are creating media aligned with the mission of ROXFILM. The festival, now in its 26th year, has screened over 1300 films at its annual June festival as well as producing two screening series: Shared Stories, a collaboration with Cinefest Latino Boston and the Boston Asian American Film Festival as well as the Healing Arts Series, which uses film as a catalyst for conversation focused on Black and Brown physical and mental health, in collaboration with the Wellness Collaborative, Inc. In addition, Ms. Simmons is a Program Manager for the Mass Cultural Council where she oversees the Communities Initiative program that seeks to enrich communities through culture, creativity and community-based grants and advocacy. Ms. Simmons has also produced theater and film in the Boston area and has published and presented about the Boston’s WPA Negro Theater Project which produced theatrical shows between 1935-1939. She is the recipient of several awards including: GK Top 100 Influential People of Color, Image Award from Women in Film New England, Diversity award from Our Place Theater Project, Leadership award from the Urban League Guild of Eastern Massachusetts, The President’s Award for Leadership from Dimock Community Health Center, and the Community Award from Boston Arts Academy. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of Company One Theater and The Loop Lab and is a contributing guest on WGBH’s The Culture Show.

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Shared Stories is a spring film series that seeks to build community, shared conversation, and experiences through cinema. This series aspires to create a shared space to find commonality across experiences, and encourage the exchange of stories and ideas. Presented by ArtsEmerson in collaboration with the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), CineFest Latino Boston, and the Roxbury International Film Festival (RoxFilm).

New England’s Largest Asian American Film Festival
The Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community. BAAFF is a co-production of Asian American Resource Workshop and ArtsEmerson.

The Roxbury International Film Festival (ROXFILM) is the largest festival in New England celebrating people of color around the world. Over nine days, the festival presents narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, experimental, and youth films. The festival holds workshops, panel discussions, discussions with filmmakers, and networking opportunities. ROXFILM is a competitive festival.

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CineFest Latino Boston LLC is an annual film festival conducted in Boston, highlighting stories by and about Latinos. The festival is committed to using the power of film to break stereotypes, bring cultures and communities together and reveal the complex issues affecting the Latinx community in the United States, as well as communities in Latin America and Spain.

As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good. Among the world’s largest science centers and New England’s most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year – at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.

May 15 | 6:30 pm

Beam Me Up, Sulu

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May 15, 2026 | 6:30 pm

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90 MIN

In English

Please visit the Museum of Science for tickets after May 1.

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Timour Gregory & Sasha Schneider Co-Directors

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Timour Gregory, Co-Director

Sasha Schneider, Co-Director

Ashu Rai, Producer and Cinematographer

Lisa Simmons, Executive/Artistic Director, Roxbury International Film Festival: Moderator

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