Title card for the Trek Nation documentary
Trek Nation is a feature-length Star Trek documentary that first aired on 30 November 2011 on Discovery's Science channel in the US.
This documentary focuses on Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's son Rod Roddenberry's exploration of the cultural impact of the franchise and includes interviews with George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, and Stan Lee, among others.
Executive producer and narrator Rod Roddenberry stated, "This project is very personal for me, as it literally documents my education on Star Trek, my father, and the Roddenberry legacy. Trek Nation strikes a strong balance between exploring a science fiction phenomenon and relating a very universal story between a son and his father." [1]
Trek Nation was produced for SCIENCE, a division of Discovery Communications, by Roddenberry Entertainment.
Rod Roddenberry hosted the documentary and served as Executive Producer.
The documentary was later released on DVD on 9 July 2013 as a two-disc set with a number of special features. It was released in Germany on 25 October 2013 with German subtitles.
Interviewees[]
- J.J. Abrams
- Indira Addington
- Richard Arnold
- Dr. Sallie Baliunas
- Rick Berman
- Grey Beyer
- Victor Brandt
- Tim Brazeal
- Chris Buice
- Dr. Ernesto Cortez
- Manny Coto
- Peter Diamandis
- David Dortort
- Doug Drexler
- D.C. Fontana
- Jonathan Frakes
- David A. Goodman
- Rob Haitani
- Eric Hall
- J.G. Hertzler
- Amber Kathrine
- Mort Kessler
- Christopher Knopf
- Stan Lee
- George Lucas
- Seth MacFarlane
- Ronald D. Moore
- Larry Nemecek
- Nichelle Nichols
- Annabelle Noland
- Josh Noland
- France Nuyen
- Robert O'Reilly
- Ernie Over
- Michael Piller
- Elijah Post
- Nick Sagan
- Dr. Susan Schwartzman
- Rick Searfoss
- Marina Sirtis
- Patrick Stewart
- Barron Toler
- Bjo Trimble
- Jules Urbach
- Nana Visitor
- Wil Wheaton
- Bill Willis
- Rob Zombie
External links[]
- TrekNationMovie.com – official site
- Trek Nation at Wikipedia
- Trek Nation at the Internet Movie Database