Back to Space-Con (2011)

On February 22, 1975, Northern California's very first Star Trek convention was held at Lincoln High School in San Francisco, CA. It was called "The Red Hour Festival." A huge success with the fans of the original TV series (1966-69), the smash event led to much larger conventions in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. These "Space-Con" conventions left an indelible mark on the science-fiction fans and "Trekkers" who attended. In the end, conventions like Space-Con helped awaken Paramount from hibernation and led to the creation of the first installment of the major motion picture series "Star Trek" in 1979. This full-length documentary film is the story of how fandom revolutionized an industry.

Released Feb. 26, 2011 74 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.pop-culture, tmdb.fan-culture, tmdb.space-opera, tmdb.fan-convention, tmdb.fandom, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Garfield Lane Productions, November Fire Recordings

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English