The Secret Cities of Mark Kistler | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer
The untold story of the prolific artist behind the beloved '80s and '90s shows The Secret City, Draw Squad and Imaginati | dG1fdHVUZlBjUG9FZFE
Transcript
00:00 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:06 - Hi.
00:09 I'm Commander Mark, and this is the Secret City,
00:12 a place of fun, fantasy, and adventure.
00:15 Today I'm going to teach you how to draw.
00:17 I'm going to teach you how to conquer that flat piece of paper
00:20 and draw in 3D.
00:21 - We wanted to create a safe place for kids
00:24 who can travel to within their imaginations and draw.
00:27 - Mark has a huge following of fans,
00:29 and it's because he's a warm, engaging personality.
00:33 - It was this just eruption of energy on the screen.
00:37 - Publishing 14 books, 170 TV episodes,
00:42 travel the world teaching.
00:43 - It was a whole revolution of three-dimensional drawing.
00:47 - Drawing is communication, more so than letters.
00:50 It's universal.
00:52 Not just as an artistic expression,
00:55 but a way to communicate, a universal communication.
00:58 - An unscripted show could be really difficult,
01:01 because you don't know where you're going to go with it.
01:04 - The team I had built, our cohesion
01:06 just started disintegrating.
01:09 And literally, I lost everything.
01:13 - We saw the Imagination Station as a rebirth of Mark Kistler.
01:16 - Kids are always going to draw, and Mark is there.
01:19 Mark has done it.
01:20 - After all these years, I made the goal.
01:24 I know I got over a million kids excited
01:27 about their own creative potential.
01:28 They were learning to draw all over the world.
01:31 It was just exhilarating.
01:33 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:36 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:39 (gentle music)
01:42 (bell chimes)