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Twin Sisters: American Girl Meets Her Norwegian Twin

10/19/14 | 1m 56s | Rating: TV-PG

In this emotional scene from the Independent Lens documentary Twin Sisters, an American girl travels with her adoptive family to Norway to meet her twin sister for the first time after they’d been separated at birth. The village of Fresvik is a long way from Sacramento, but even with a challenging language barrier these two girls share a magical bond.

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