To Be Takei
2014 | USA | 90 min
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LONG SYNOPSIS

George Takei doesn’t shy away from digging into his remarkable career and personal life in Jennifer Kroot’s delightful and incisive film To Be Takei. As a child forced into Japanese-American internment camps, the actor-turned-activist reveals the ways that racism affected him well into his early acting career, where he played stereotypical Asian stock characters in film and television shows. Even after landing the iconic role of Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, Takei’s sharp eye, coupled with his wicked sense of humor, continued to challenge the status quo well into the twenty-first century.

Now at 76, nine years after formally coming out of the closet, Takei and his husband, Brad, have become the poster couple for marriage equality, highlighting homophobia through television interviews and hilarious skits, many of which have gone viral and garnered widespread attention. Whether dishing on William Shatner or parodying the now-infamous comments made by Tim Hardaway, Takei proves time and again why his presence in popular culture remains as fresh and necessary as ever.—Sundance Film Festival


Director Jennifer M. Kroot
Co-Director Bill Weber
Producers Gerry Kim, Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Editor Bill Weber
Cinematographer Chris Million
Sound Lora Hirschberg
Music Michael Hearst

FESTIVALS
2014: Sundance (World Premiere)

FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD


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