The Black Meteor (Dutch: De zwarte meteoor) is a 2000 Dutch film directed by Guido Pieters. The film is based on the novel by Tom Egbers, a Dutch sports journalist, which was adapted for the screen by Kees van Beijnum. The novel fictionalizes the story of Steve Mokone, the first black player in Dutch professional football.
The film is set in the late 1950s, when football club SC Heracles, from Almelo in the rural east of the Netherlands, acquires an African player named Steve Mokone. After he joins Heracles, the team's fortunes improve, while he also changes every aspect of life in the small city.[editorializing] Mokone builds a unique friendship with the 15-year-old Felix, but then leaves town almost as quickly as he came.
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