The Gift of Separate Lives is the story of conjoined Iraqi twins Fatima and Zahra and the fight to save and separate them. The documentary chronicles this incredible story from its earliest days in Baghdad’s Sadr City to their eleven months of hospital care to readying them for surgery.
The production team received “behind-the-scenes” access to the twins and surgeons and staff of Saudi Arabia’s National Guard Hospital in the making of this documentary that also focuses on the hospital’s nineteen-year history of separating conjoined twins.
Production took place in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Asia, and Europe. The successes achieved by the Saudi surgeons have made it one of the top surgical teams in the world for this type of surgery.
Produced by the EMMY award winning production team of Producers International Media Inc., The Gift of Separate Lives is produced by Jim Miller, and written by the award winning British journalist Colin Baker.
The program can be seen on CCTV’s Channel-9 Nature and Science program on Sept. 14 and 15.
CCTV International (CCTV-9) is the English-language 24-hour news channel of China Central Television (CCTV) China’s largest national TV network. CCTV International is dedicated to reporting news and information to its global audience, with a special focus on China.”