Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism and Me (2020)
Overview
Former professional footballer Anton Ferdinand explores the issue of racial abuse in the game from a personal perspective. Following a sharp rise in reported incidents of racial abuse in football, Anton talks for the first time about his own highly publicised 2011 incident with the former England captain John Terry. Anton wants to understand his own story and find out what needs to be done to address the problem of racism in the game today. He also confronts the online abuse he has experienced since, which has affected his mental health, his career and the lives of his loved ones
Cast
Recommendations
Night Will Fall
Lionel Messi: Destiny
I Am Heath Ledger
Gilbert
John Candy: I Like Me
My Mom Jayne
Facing Ali
Being James Bond
The Class of ‘92
Looking for Richard
Sidney
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Roger Waters: Us + Them
Harmontown
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
I Am Not Your Negro
Fuck
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Love, Antosha