The Bermudian On July 11, 2021, England’s national football team faced off against Italy during the Euro Cup 2020 final in their first appearance at a major international tournament final since the 1966 World Cup. The match ended in a draw and went to penalties, with England eventually losing 3–2. And though I hadn’t watched a second of the match …
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 …
Bernnews 03/30/2022 A feature-length documentary depicting the life of Bermudian football legend Clyde Best is underway, it was announced today. “Through exclusive interviews and unseen footage, the documentary will touch on topical themes including racism in sports, combating discrimination and systematic change,” a spokesperson said.
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 …
03/30/2022 Clyde Best endured racism as one of the first black players in top tier English football. The Bermudian football legend’s story will be immortalised in a feature length documentary, set to show at the Sundance Festival in 2024. Best told Gary Foster Skelton that he hopes the film will show people that, in football, the ball doesn’t care what …
03/29/2022 Press conference about the planned documentary on Bermudian football legend Clyde Best, which is described as “Transforming the Beautiful Game is firsthand look at overcoming racial adversity through the lens of an iconic Bermudian soccer player: Clyde Best.Best was one of the first Black athletes to play in the English Premier League, recruited from Bermuda in 1968 to play …
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
