Body & Soul with Gail Harris

Susan Bredhoff Cohen is an independent producer with a long list of accomplishments in documentary and dramatic production. Her news credits include work at ABC News 20/20, and a series of hard-hitting nationally syndicated documentaries on topics such as mental health, nursing homes, and gun control.

Susan has also produced compelling original dramas and docudramas featuring stars such as Tyne Daly and Christopher Reeve, for Hearst Broadcasting. Susan won Emmys in the category of children’s programming for two ABC Television Afterschool Specials.

Under the joint auspices of ABC and PBS, Susan also produced In the Shadow of Love, a poignant docudrama on teens and AIDS. The program went on to win numerous awards, including the Gabriel Award, and continues to be shown in schools throughout the country. Susan won her third Emmy in this cateogory as co-producer of a pilot for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that set out to teach children resiliency skills. It was called Willoughby’s Wonders and starred Joe Morton.

On Susan’s first children’s program, which dealt with prejudice, Lenny Zakim served as an advisor. Since that time, Susan and Lenny have kept up a personal and professional relationship. Their friendship has come full-circle with Susan’s first program for Body & Soul, "Lenny’s Story", about Lenny’s search for spiritual, emotional and physical therapies to complement his traditional medical treatment for a life-threatening illness.

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