Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

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OCEAN OF PEARLS
Sarab Neelam 2008
Categories: American Immigrant Filmmakers On Profile
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Run time: 97 min. | United States | Language: English
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.
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4:00 PM     Wed, Oct 15
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director
Sarab Neelam
 
screenwriter
V. Prasad
producer
Emily Schweber
cinematographer
Lon Stratton
Cast
Heather Mccomb
Omid Abtahi
Ron Canada
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Rated 3.787426749740632/5 Stars
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Rated 3.0/5 Stars
kellun
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A handsome, intelligent, devout Sikh man in a turban (with nice pecs and beautiful eyes) helped us walk a mile in his shoes and what an eye opener it was to various levels of bigotry and racism. This loosely-autobiographical film also addresses the struggle between personal ethics and that of serving the greater good. The cast is full of a familiar tv faces...which might be what gives it a little of it's made-for-tv feel. We did, however, enjoy the up and coming lead actor's Q&A session -- look for him on tv and in movie theaters -- he's been working alot since.
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