Meet the Beloved, Concert-Obsessed "Dancing Man" of L.A. | PBS Short Docs

Описание: Howard Mordoh, a 69-year-old retired clinical laboratory scientist from Los Angeles, CA, is quite possibly the world’s biggest concert enthusiast.

A notorious fixture of the L.A. music scene, Howard’s love of concerts spans genres, venues, and decades — and he's always dancing. But with live music canceled during the COVID pandemic, and given his husband's health concerns, Howard has to get creative in order to keep dancing. This short documentary inhabits Howard’s unique lifestyle and passion for concerts, all the while exploring the trauma of suddenly losing not only life’s purpose but human connection altogether.

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Directors
SCOTT SHEPPARD
JEN FODOR

Producers
JEN FODOR
SCOTT SHEPPARD

Executive Producers
SALLY JO FIFER
LOIS VOSSEN
JOSH POLON

Cinematographer
SCOTT SHEPPARD

Editor
SCOTT SHEPPARD

Music
ZACK WRIGHT

Vice President of Production
ROYD CHUNG

Supervising Producer
PAMELA TORNO

Associate Producer
SUSAN COHEN

Written by
SCOTT SHEPPARD

Archival Cinematography
HOWARD MORDOH

Additional Camera
JEN FODOR

Still Photography
DAVE CAIN

Post Production Services
FANCY FILM

Post Producers
BILL MACOMBER
AYANNA HART
GLORIA CORONADO-MYATT

Colorist
TONY SHEK

Re-Recording Mixer
PAUL HOLLMAN

Online Assist
JACOB FISHER

Film Transfer
L.A. VIDEO TRANSFER SERVICE

Music Production & Programming
HENRY INGRAHAM

Bass & Synth
JONATHAN NESVADBA

Drums
CHARLIE PAXSON

Guitar
BRITT LIGHTNING

Vocals
NADIA VAEH

Legal Counsel
ORLY RAVID

Insurance
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP

Footage and Stills Provided by
DUSTIN DOWNING
HOWARD MORDOH & KEN WARREN
KRISTEN YI

Additional Material by
CARLA AZAR
MAURICIO CASTRO
CBS NEWS
CNN
CTV NEWS
“AMERICAN BANDSTAND”/Dick Clark Productions, LLC.
“SOUL TRAIN”/Don Cornelius Productions
ERIC MUHLHEIM
FOX 5 KSWB-TV
“How To Dance In Time”/Blue October/J. Furstenfeld & B. Miller/Up/Down & Brando
HAIM
KCAL 9
NBC 4 KNBC
NBC NEWS
“THE LAST WALTZ”/United Artists/The Last Waltz Productions, Inc./Martin Scorsese

Additional Songs
“Front Row Reprise”
Written by JEN FODOR, HENRY INGRAHAM, NADIA VAEH and ZACK WRIGHT
“Little Boy Blue”
Written by JOYCE MORDOH and LES HURDLE
Performed by JOYCE MORDOH
PREMIUM BEAT

Special Thanks
1545 MEDIA
LEXI BRENNER
ALLISON HALL DAINES & AUSTYN DAINES
CRISTIAN DELGADILLO
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
HILARY KEMPKERS & SKYLER KLINGENBERG
THE LONE BELLOW
THE MUSIC VENUES OF LOS ANGELES
JOHANNA POOLE

Independent Lens Short form for Voices Original Series Funding Provided By:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
Ford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts

The Dancing Man of L.A. is a co-production of Autorickshaw Pictures, Jen Fodor Productions,
LLC, and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting (CPB).

This program was produced by Autorickshaw Pictures & Jen Fodor Productions, LLC which are solely responsible for its content. © 2021 Autorickshaw Pictures & Jen Fodor Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.