At today’s virtual First Contact Day celebration, Paramount+ announced that
Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA is headed to the streaming service. Director Todd Thompson’s film explores how Nichols went from playing Lt. Uhura on
Star Trek to genuinely changing the real-life space program and the world with her campaign to bring diversity to NASA.
As a press release explains, “Despite an uphill battle against a bureaucracy that was hesitant to let her get involved, Nichols persevered and is credited by NASA for turning it into one of the most diverse independent agencies in the United States Federal Government.”