Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has acquired all North American rights to doc feature Woman In Motion, about how Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols helped pioneer the NASA recruiting program to hire people of color and the first female astronauts for the space agency in the late 1970s and 1980s.The film also chronicles Nichols’ rise to fame and portrayal of Uhura on Star Trek, which marked one of the first leading roles for an African-American actress in a mainstream TV series.
You can check out the engaging first trailer for the movie here.Directed by Todd Thompson (The Highwaymen), the film features actors, activists, scientists and astronauts including Nichols, Neil deGrasse Tyson, George Takei, Pharrell.
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