Twin Life: Sharing Mind and Body

Producer/Director/Writer

1 HR DOCUMENTARY

A year in the life of 7-year-old conjoined twins Tatiana and Krista Hogan. Joined at the head, they were given only a 20% chance of survival at birth. But these girls continue to defy the odds, confound doctors and move beyond developmental milestones once thought impossible. 

Twin Life: Sharing Mind and Body reveals a year in the life of the astonishing Hogan sisters — the only known twins who doctors suspect can see what the other sees, and feel what the other feels. As craniopagus twins, 7-year-old Tatiana and Krista are the only people in the world known to share a neural bridge between their thalamus — a part of the brain involved in the regulation of consciousness along with sensory and motor signals. At birth, the twins were given a 20% chance of survival. But the girls continue to defy the odds and confound doctors today, moving beyond developmental milestones once thought impossible for them.

The film reveals the hopes and dreams, hard decisions, daily challenges and personal triumphs of the Hogan twins and their family. With incredible access to their world, viewers experience important milestones in Tatiana and Krista’s lives and gain insight into what it might be like to navigate the future under such extraordinary circumstances.

Awards

Nomination – Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Factual Series | CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD

Nomination – Non-Fiction – Science & Technology | REELSCREEN AWARD