Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Jun 17, 2021

0h 28m

★ 6.3

Look between the lines

Overview

Coded tells the story of illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.

Genres

Documentary

Animation

Production Companies

Imagine Documentaries

Delirio Films

Tripod Media

Procter & Gamble

MTV Documentary Films

Imagine Entertainment

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker Trailers

Cast

J.C. Leyendecker (voice)

Neil Patrick Harris

Self

Jari Jones

Self

Judy Goffman Cutler

Self

Jennifer A. Greenhil

Self

John T. Nash

Archival Footage

Brian Donlevy

Archival Footage

John Barrymore

Archival Footage

Fredric March

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

7.1

Land Without Bread

Dec 1, 1933

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

4.5

Le premier cigare

Jun 30, 1897

Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.

7.5

Cassini's Grand Finale

Apr 7, 2017

To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this short film that features beautiful computer-generated animation, thoughtful narration and a rousing score. Producers at JPL worked with filmmaker Erik Wernquist, known for his 2014 short film "Wanderers," to create a stirring finale video befitting one of NASA's most successful missions of exploration.

0.0

Sirenetta’s Family Dinner

Jun 21, 2019

Sirenetta's boyfriend is finally meeting her family, but there's just one little problem; he's a human and they're all mermaids.

6.0

Motor Tour

Jan 1, 1982

Animated hijinks of a man whose car just will not start, no matter what he does.

6.0

Essay on Grandfather

Apr 25, 1987

Doing homework, the student writes an essay about the early years of the life of his grandfather, who was accompanied by his faithful friend, the horse Grey. Together they attended courses of cab drivers and being newcomers they got acquainted with the urban way of life. Description of ancient streets, interesting people and unexpected events before the revolution were the focus of the story.

5.0

Allegory of Prudence

Jan 1, 2013

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A homage to Paulo Rocha and Kenji Mizoguchi, filming the director's two tombs, one in Tokyo and the other in Quioto.

7.5

I Want Pluto to Be a Planet Again

Oct 11, 2016

A transhumanist romance in the near future. A young boy of modest origins, Marcus, an H- , falls madly in love with an H+.

6.4

Hezarfen

Nov 21, 2010

Hezarfen is a historical Turkish character. The story takes place in 1632 in Istanbul, where he will attempt the first flight of the human being.

7.0

The Buffalo Boy and His Flute

Dec 9, 1963

A young boy who likes to play the flute dreams that he has lost his water buffalo.

5.6

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran

Mar 31, 1966

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran. The images of destitution in Tehran's poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts: the official viewpoint on the district's living conditions, what the inhabitants have to say, and occasional extracts read out of school manuals. The key element in Shirdel's film is the counterpoint effect he creates with image and sound. His impressively powerful portrayal of social unease helps reinforce the impact of his astonishing documentary images and social themes.

0.0

People Unite!

Mar 5, 2022

In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to organize a march across historic Washington Heights and Harlem, as a continuation of the historic and radical Black and Asian solidarity tradition.

0.0

Itapoa - Un proyecto que camina

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5.7

Alice in Not So Wonderland

Jul 7, 2007

The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.