Coded: The Hidden Love Of J.C. Leyendecker

Coded: The Hidden Love Of J.C. Leyendecker

Setting the standard for modern marketing as we know it, Coded unpacks illustrator J.C. Leyendecker’s advertisements that animated his male partner and became an easter egg of queer coding in art. 

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Ryan White.

This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #4: COMPLICATED HISTORIES

Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films

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Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis Chelsea
Closed Captioning for online screenings

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Director: Ryan White
Executive Producer: Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Kimberly Doebereiner, Brent Miller, Marc Pritchard, Zoë Morrison
Producer: Christopher Leggett, Marc Gilbar, Jessica Hargrave, Conor Fetting-Smith, Rafael Marmor
Cinematographer: Ronan Killeen, David Jacobson
Editor: Rejh Cabrera
Music: Blake Neely
Language: English
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Publicist: The 2050 Group
US Distributor: MTV Documentary Films

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