Trekkies

Trekkies is a 1997 documentary that looks at the devoted followers of Star Trek across the United States and considers how the series has shaped their everyday lives. Denise Crosby, who appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, serves as host and guide, meeting fans from different backgrounds: collectors chasing autographs, professionals who wear Starfleet uniforms to work, and people caught up in the long-running debate over whether they should be called Trekkies or Trekkers. Alongside these portraits, the film features interviews with actors from the franchise, including Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Majel Barrett, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Kate Mulgrew and Brent Spiner.

Roger Nygard directed the film, with W.K. Border producing for Neo Art & Logic and Trekkies Productions. The credited cast numbers twenty-five, a mix of fans and franchise performers appearing as themselves. Running 86 minutes, the documentary was released in October 1997, arriving during a period of renewed interest in Star Trek on television.

On IMDb, the film holds a 6.9 rating from around 5,100 votes. On TMDB, its rating stands at 6.3 from a much smaller pool of 68 votes. A film critics' rating of 7.3 from 42 reviews places it somewhat above both audience scores, suggesting that reviewers responded to the documentary more warmly than general viewers did.