Five decades after playing on American soccer fields, Clyde Best is coming to U.S. theaters. The Bermudan striker, who left home in 1968 at age 17 to play with West Ham United in London, is thesubject of a documentary film, “Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story” which is focusedon Best’s journey, and takes a deeper dive into the …
Portland, OR June 4 & 5 GET TICKETS Limited tickets remaining An Unforgettable Evening Film Screening Live Discussion with Clyde Best Audience Q&A Meet Football Legends The Most Impactful Sportman You Never Knew The Jackie Robinson of Football! His talent, courage and legacy changed the game forever. This is more than Football. This is History! Event Details Venue Aladdin Theater …
Opening Night And Special Guests The festival kicks off June 18 with Dan Egan’s documentary Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story, and Clyde Best himself is set to join the opening-night screening and Q&A at the Museum of Fine Arts, according to The Boston Globe.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05/12/2026 Boston, MA (May 12, 2026) – Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story has been officially selected to screen at the Roxbury International Film Festival (RoxFilm) in Boston from June 18-26, one of the United States’ leading festivals celebrating filmmakers and stories from the global Black diaspora. The screening is scheduled for June 18 at …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05/14/2026 “Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story” Documentary with West Coast Premiere at Portland’s Aladdin Theater June 4-5. Timbers Legend from the 1970s Will Be Guest of Honor on Consecutive Nights as Part of Post-Film Panel Discussion. Portland, OR (May 14, 2026) – Following sold out shows at global premieres in London and Bermuda this …
One of Boston’s most important celebrations of global Black and Brown cinema is returning this summer with more than 100 films, filmmaker conversations and community events. The 28th annual Roxbury International Film Festival—better known as RoxFilm—will run June 18–26 in person, followed by a virtual edition, RoxFilm@Home, from June 26–July 2.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay The Bermudian who brought a Soccer Bowl championship to the Bay will be in attendance on May 7. Even before Lionel Messi, Son Heung-min and now Antoine Griezmann, American soccer leagues welcomed some of Europe’s biggest names. Bermudian Clyde Best, during his time in a West Ham United kit in the late-1960s, was often the only …
LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) – For Clyde Best, a trailblazer for Black soccer players in England, the best way to answer the racism he endured after arriving as a teenager from Bermuda was with his feet. “I was always taught, when you go to England, you’re not playing for yourself, you’re playing for those coming after you,” Best, now 75, …
Ahead of the release of a film about his life, the inspirational Clyde Best discusses blazing a trail for Black players in England despite the abuse
Best left Bermuda at 17 and joined West Ham, with Bobby Moore among his teammates, but he also faced horrendous abuse. I did what I had to do,” Clyde Best says as he recalls leaving Bermuda at the age of 17 and travelling to England for a trial at West Ham. There was no fear, no thought of homesickness. Best …