‘TRANSFORMING THE BEAUTIFUL GAME IS A 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 FOR WEST HAM UNITED IN LONDON WHEN HE WAS ONLY 17. HE FACED BLATANT RACISM AND TORMENT FROM FANS, BUT MET ADVERSITY WITH EXCELLENCE, AND IN THE PROCESS BECAME A LEGENDARY GOAL-SCORING STRIKER AND GROUNDBREAKING ROLE MODEL. THIS FEATURE DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES HOW BEST’S JOURNEY SHAPED THE FUTURE OF SOCCER WORLDWIDE, AND THE LINGERING INEQUALITIES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TODAY.’ – THE CLYDE BEST STORY

ADDITIONAL CREDITS:

DIRECTOR & PRODUCER | DAN EGAN

PRODUCER | JULIE ANDERSON & H. NELSON TRACEY

LINE PRODUCERS | MILTON RAPOSO, DR. DANA SELASSIE & JOE FARR

CINEMATOGRAPHY | TOM GRISSOM, TOM DAY & COREY POTTER

COSTUME RESEARCH, DESIGN, SOURCING & BREAKDOWN| JESSIE CURRY

AGING & DYING ASSISTANTS | GRAHAM POGUE, WILLIAM GILLIS & PAUL OSTBERG

BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOGRAPHY | JESSIE CURRY

RELEASED | 2026