Photographie:
Christopher MillionMusique:
Michael HearstActeurs·trices:
George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Howard Stern, Walter Koenig, Lea SalongaRésumés(1)
"It's OK To Be Takei" is a euphemism which Star Trek icon George Takei coined in 2011 for young people to use, when the state of Tennessee prohibited teachers from using the word "gay" in schools. Takei came out as a homosexual in 2005, even though his long-standing relationship with Brad Altman and his early-discovered sexuality had been public secrets for his entire career. To Be Takei is not only a portrait of George Takei. It's a documentary about the everyday life in a relationship and a defence for an ethnic group – Japanese Americans – blatantly oppressed in the US in the 1940s. The film champions equal rights to marriage, regardless of gender specifics. The film reveals that Takei's social media brand is a serendipity based on Takei's sincere and outspoken persona. His popular Facebook page is all Takei, not a gimmick run by PR experts. George Takei seems like a guy with whom you'd love to have brunch on a greyish Saturday noon in Los Angeles.
Text: Johanna Siik / Translation: Tapio Reinekoski
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Acteurs·trices
George Takei
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Mulan (1998)
8 (2012) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Star Trek IV : Retour sur terre (1986)
Leonard Nimoy
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (compilation vidéo)
Star Trek (2009)
Marco Polo (1982) (série)
William Shatner
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Jugement à Nuremberg (1961)
Le Jour le plus long (1962)
Star Trek IV : Retour sur terre (1986)
Nichelle Nichols
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Star Trek IV : Retour sur terre (1986)
Star trek II : La colère de Khan (1982)
Star Trek VI : Terre inconnue (1991)
Howard Stern
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Parties intimes (1997)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Walter Koenig
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Star Trek IV : Retour sur terre (1986)
Colombo (1971) (série)
Star trek II : La colère de Khan (1982)
Lea Salonga
Philippines
Meilleurs films :
Les Misérables in Concert (1995) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary (2016) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Mulan (1998)