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The Diamond King: The Film

K ickstarter funding for the Dick Perez story, I thought there was the potential to
Documentary
produced
being
make a film about baseball through his life
by Award-winning Documentary
Filmmaker Marq Evans successfully ended and work. … I send Dick a blind email
just introducing myself and seeing if he was
on June 3, 2023, raising $59,232 from 295 interested in discussing the concept. To my
backers in just 34 days - twice what they delight, he said he’d be happy to talk. We
requested. With this type of fast response to really hit it off right away and he has been a
a short campaign, the film is on its way. great participant and collaborator in this
The Diamond King is a feature documen- whole process.”
tary about the history of baseball as told The Kickstarter rewards for the project
through the life and works of baseball’s included copies of the newly-updated The
“Picasso,” Dick Perez. According to Evans, Immortals/New Immortals by Dick Perez, a
the film came about when his son, Jude, Dick Perez, left, and Marq Evans, right, in the studio special card set created just for the fundraiser-
began collecting cards and Evans became Diamond Immortals-with only 499 sets of
curious about who was painting the images these 22 Diamond Immortals cards at the
for the Diamond King cards. “Dick was the $250 level, the first set of Diamond Immortals
official artist of the Baseball Hall of Fame for - #1 of 499 at the $500 level, and the original
over 20 years and has painted the entire painting Perez did of Shohei Ohtani for
history of the game - from the Knickerbocker the Diamond Immortals collection at the
era until now. He has painted every baseball single $5,000 level, sure to be a very worthy
Hall of Famer, a project he continues to this investment in both the film and the donor’s
day at the age of 82. Through Dick’s work, collection!
you see how the game has changed - from the Next up is finishing production, marketing,
ballparks to the uniforms, the crowds, and editing of the film with a hoped-for
the signage, and, of course, the diversity of completion date of June 2024. While funding
its players.” for the film is ongoing, this program is a way
Said Evans, “When I read about Dick’s for fans to participate and allow time for the
journey, coming to New York at age six and final financial support to kick-in.
learning English and about America through Dick Perez working on his painting of Shohei Ohtani
the game of baseball, and his inspiring life created for Ohtani's Diamond Destiny Card

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