01/28/2026 London, England (January 28, 2026) — A powerful new sports and social history documentary about footballer Clyde Best will make its highly-anticipated world premiere at Sadler’s Wells East Theatre in London on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 7:30pm, kicking off a one-week run of screenings in the British capital where Best first made his mark as a 17-year-old playing …
CBS Sports Golazo 11/20/2025 Clyde Best speaks with @T_Deeney and @GeoffShreeves about his legacy and his new documentary film
Spotify 10/01/2025 The GP Soccer Podcast, hosted by renowned coach and commentator Giovanni Pacini, is proud to feature a special guest this week: Dan Egan, director of the upcoming feature documentary Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story. In the episode, Pacini welcomes listeners from around the globe to a compelling “Conversation with the Coach,” where Egan shares insights …
The Royal Gazzette 09/05/2025 Football icon John Barnes is in Bermuda for the Bermuda vs. Jamaica FIFA World Cup qualifier at Flora Duffy Stadium and to share his international football insight with local coaches—highlighting his connection to Bermudian trailblazer Clyde Best. Barnes is featured in the upcoming documentary Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story, premiering in 2026 ahead …
YouTube 07/28/2024 Rowdies legend and 1975 NASL Soccer Bowl champion Clyde Best returned to Tampa Bay to be celebrated by the club with a pre-game autograph session and halftime ceremony.
Tampa Bay News Center 8 05/24/2024 TAMPA BAY, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay Rowdies legend Clyde Best was a member of the Rowdies’ inaugural team in 1975 and scored a goal in the club’s 2-0 championship win that season. “If you’re in sport, you’re in it for a reason to be a champion,” said Best. “I was just glad and …
09/22/2023 PORTLAND, Ore. — New art at Providence Park honors a Timbers’ legend. A mural of Clyde Best was unveiled Friday on the stadium concourse.
The Royal Gazette 09/01/2023
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 …
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
