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Ocean of Pearls
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Ocean of Pearls

Dec 14, 2008
1h 37m
★ 4.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Light Post Pictures
Ocean of Pearls
White Hill Production

Cast

Omid Abtahi

Amrit Singh

Omid Abtahi

Heather McComb

Susan Clark

Heather McComb

Ron Canada

Dr. Wiiliam Ballard

Ron Canada

Navi Rawat

Smita Sethi

Navi Rawat

Ajay Mehta

Ravinder Singh

Ajay Mehta

Todd Babcock

Dr. Ryan Bristol

Todd Babcock

Dennis Haskins

Dr. Shultz

Dennis Haskins

Rena Owen

Anna Berisha

Rena Owen

Brenda Strong

Mary Stewart

Brenda Strong

Zach Begle

David Stewart

Zach Begle

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