Forbidden Games The Justin Fashanu Story, 2017

A solid and moving telling of the tragic story of Justin Fashanu s life; Justin was the first 1million black footballer in England, whose prodigious talent was never completely fulfilled and who was a gay man at a time and in a sport where gay men (or indeed black men) were rarely accepted easily. The final tragedy of his life is moving and hard to listen to, especially when we realise how little football has changed for gay people. The documentary never really gets to the bottom of the central contradictions and questions of his life, but that was always going to be something that was hard to achieve. It s a relevant story not only for football fans, and from the perspectives of race and sexuality, but also around foster care, celebrity culture and the pastoral support of professional athletes. Directors: Jon Carey, Adam Darke Stars: Justin Fashanu, John Fashanu, Bevan Celestine