![]() ![]() Much of the story of Woman in Motion is told using Nichelle Nichols’ own words, cutting casually between interviews recorded over the past fifty years. In his documentary Woman in Motion, which arrives on Paramount+ on June 3rd, director Todd Thompson shifts the focus off of what Nichols accomplished as a part of Star Trek and onto her own achievements as a driving force in diversifying America’s space program in the 1970s. But, often, celebrating Nichols has been a de facto celebration of Star Trek more than the woman herself. The show’s diverse cast is one of the most prominent feathers in its cap, after all, and no document of the series’ run is complete without mentioning Uhura’s kiss with Kirk in “Plato’s Stepchildren” in 1968, one of the first interracial kisses in television history. ![]() Every Trekkie is raised with a certain reverence for actress Nichelle Nichols and her character on the original Star Trek, Lt. ![]()
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