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

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. #Documentary #Dancing #PBSShortDocs Subscribe to PBS Voices so you never miss a new video: https://to.pbs.org/2XewHgX​ FOLLOW INDEPENDENT LENS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/independentlens Twitter: https://twitter.com/IndependentLens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentlens 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.


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