Ocean of Pearls (2008)
97 min
As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he's maintained his whole life and cuts his hair. Hiding this decision from his girlfriend and family in Toronto is only the start of a series of compromises Amrit finds himself making as he deals with hospital politics and health care injustices. When his compromises result in the death of a patient, Amrit begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he'd turned his back on.
- Release date
- December 14, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Gabriela Crowe, Pinar Toprak
Cast
- Omid Abtahi as Amrit Singh
- Heather McComb as Susan Clark
- Ron Canada as Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
- Frank Zieger as TSA Officer
- Navi Rawat as Smita Sethi
- Ajay Mehta as Ravinder Singh
- Todd Babcock as Dr. Ryan Bristol
- Dennis Haskins as Dr. Shultz
- K.T. Thangavelu
- Rena Owen as Anna Berisha
Crew
- Sarab Neelam · Director
- Sarab Neelam · Writer
- V. Prasad · Writer
- Jim Burnstein · Producer
- Curtis Hall · Producer
- Jaspal Neelam · Producer
- Gabriela Crowe · Composer
- Pinar Toprak · Composer
- Lon Stratton · Cinematographer
- Jason Stewart · Editor
- Kathy Mooney · Casting director
- Emily Schweber · Casting director