Film Screening: The Diamond King

The National Pastime’s colorful history is brought to the big screen with “The Diamond King” feature-length documentary film, screened at on Friday, Sept. 6, in the Grandstand Theater at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

The film features the works of Dick Perez, the official artist of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for more than 20 years whose paintings of Hall of Famers, ballparks and players throughout the game’s history have captured the essence of the sport for decades.

Perez, whose paintings were featured in the renowned Donruss Diamond Kings baseball cards from 1982-96, continues to illustrate baseball for fans throughout the world. “The Diamond King” tells his story and allows viewers to enjoy the history of the game through his eyes.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Marq Evans, “The Diamond King” will begin at 2 p.m. in the Museum’s Grandstand Theater, and free with museum admission. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Evans and Perez.