What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Directed by David Zappone, Ira Steven Behr

Produced by 455 Films, Le Big Boss Productions

2018116 min7.0 / 10

A warm, nostalgic celebration of a once-dismissed sci-fi series that explores its critical rehabilitation and imagines its future through the voices of its creators.

A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.

Questions people ask

  • Is What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Does What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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67/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity63

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise67

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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