Trekkies

Trekkies (1999) hosted by Denise Crosby. Crosby, who played Tasha Yar briefly on Star Trek: The Next Generation, conducts a tour of the fan phenomenon. Some Trekkies, by the way, prefer to be called Trekkers. It's a whole controversy which a lot of fans just avoid by saying, "I'm a Star Trek fan." The depth and breadth of the Trek movement, as shown in the film, is surprisingly great. What the movie barely touches on, but what I feel to be central to the phenomenon, is that all versions of Star Trek portray a future in which hunger and poverty have been eliminated, and in which humans are treated humanely by the authorities at all times. The Trekkie movement gets an "A" from me, but not the film. (Hard-to-read subtitles are available, but the preferable closed captions are also offered.) Grade: B+