Game-changing Black soccer legend brings life story to two screenings on July 13 and 14. It’s two weeks into the 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP, and football legend Clyde Best is talking about his mid-July trip to Atalanta. He loves the city, its rich civil rights history.
Nearly 60 years ago, a Bermudian teen with a talent for soccer headed to a London rife with racism. His goal wasn’t just to score points. As the first Black soccer superstar of the new television era, he realized, as his father told him, he wasn’t playing for himself; he was playing for all the future Black players out there.
…Including Juneteenth observances and the Roxbury International Film Festival. Juneteenth is Friday, a day commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States. There are several celebrations for the holiday, including one organized by the Boston Juneteenth Committee and the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury and another planned by the ICA. The Roxbury International Film Festival, which recognizes …
“What they did kept a man alive,” Ade Coker said of a couple with two young kids in the 1970s in the documentary “Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story.”
This week on CityLine, we’re highlighting upcoming events that uplift creators and share untold stories through film, art and music. The Roxbury International Film Festival celebrates films by, for, and about people of color. Lisa Simmons, the festival’s artistic and executive director, discusses RoxFilm’s significance to the community. You can attend the Roxbury International Film Festival in person from June …
The longtime local film festival continues to feature works by, for, and about people of color. The Roxbury International Film Festival runs from June 18-26; its online component runs June 26-July 2. If you haven’t been to the largest New England film festival that celebrates films made by, for and about people of color, you should remedy that by checking …
This summer, the Cape and Islands beckon with destination film festivals. The Brattle installs new seating. Harvard Film Archive takes a pause for restoration. And a long-time Boston drag entertainer makes her major film debut. Since wooing fans in an early season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Jujubee has been steadily winning over more fans on all fronts — through live …
The 28th annual Roxbury International Film Festival is taking place all over Boston June 18-26. If you can’t make it in person, you can catch online events from June 26-July 2. Unlike other famous film festivals, such as Sundance, Tribeca and Venice, the Roxbury festival is not just for cineastes. This festival is both a celebration of local community and …
Clyde Best became one of England’s first Black soccer superstars when he played for West Ham United from 1968 to 1976. Best scored 58 goals in his 218 appearances as a striker for West Ham. He later went on to play for the Portland Timbers from 1977 to 1981, helping build the foundation for professional soccer in the U.S.
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 …