The Royal Gazette 03/31/2022 The story of Clyde Best’s journey from being a little-known Somerset Trojans and Bermuda footballer to one of the few Black players in the English game in the early 1970s, will be told in a feature-length documentary to be launched in 2024 entitled Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story. The necessity of the film …
03/29/2022 This week, award-winning international film producers announced that a feature-length documentary depicting the life of Bermudian football legend, Clyde Best, is underway. Through exclusive interviews and unseen footage, the documentary will touch on topical themes including racism in sports, combating discrimination and systematic change. While it’s known that Best was one of the first Black players in First Division …
09/22/2022 A documentary delving into the life and career of Bermuda footballing legend Clyde Best has started to film on island. The feature-length documentary Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story will catalogue the history of racial discrimination in English football through Best, who made a name for himself with Somerset Trojans before becoming a pioneer for black players …
09/22/2022 News Release: Filming is underway in Bermuda this week for Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story. Thisfeature-length documentary will delve into the history of racial discrimination in the English Football League through stories of the life and career of Bermudian football legend Clyde Best, MBE. The interview lineup includes the footballer himself and some of his original …
09/21/2022 Filming is underway in Bermuda for Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story. A spokesperson said, “Filming is underway in Bermuda this week for Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story. This feature-length documentary will delve into the history of racial discrimination in the English Football League through stories of the life and career of Bermudian football …
Julie Anderson is an award winning non-fiction producer, director, writer and development executive. She is acclaimed for her inspirational insight and storytelling which has ignited programs and documentaries ranging in topics from race relations, education, social issues and sports.
She earned an Academy Award nomination for the documentary God Is The Bigger Elvis, which she produced for HBO Documentary Films. As Director of Documentary Development for HBO her projects included the series America Undercover and the Academy Award winning documentary Big Mama.
A well known sports producer, she developed ESPN’s Emmy award winning magazine shows OUTSIDE THE LINES and E:60. Anderson also co-created the award winning teen educational series Sportsfigures for HBO, which was recognized with several Clarion Awards for Best Children’s Programming, and numerous Parents Choice Awards as well as a regional EMMY Award.
Most recently, as the Executive Producer of Documentary Development at PBS, she executive produced the Emmy, Peabody and Dupont Journalism award winning series The African Americans, Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, as well as Gates’ series Finding Your Roots.
Anderson’s work has regularly appeared on ESPN, HBO Sports, HBO Documentary Films, PBS, CNN, CBS
