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Ocean of Pearls (2008)
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As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But...
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A moving experience
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Omid Abtahi | ... | Amrit Singh |
 | Heather McComb | ... | Susan Clark |
 | Ron Canada | ... | Dr. Wiiliam Ballard |
 | Frank Zieger | ... | TSA Officer |
 | Navi Rawat | ... | Smita Sethi |
 | Ajay Mehta | ... | Ravinder Singh |
 | Todd Babcock | ... | Dr. Ryan Bristol |
| Dennis Haskins | ... | Dr. Shultz |
 | K.T. Thangavelu | ||
 | Rena Owen | ... | Anna Berisha |
 | Brenda Strong | ... | Mary Stewart |
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| Loren Bass | ... | Moderator |
| Zach Begle | ... | David Stewart - Mary's Son |
 | Teri Clark | ... | Nurse Receptionist |
 | Don Cochran | ... | Doctor |
| Shawntay Dalon | ... | Young Woman Traveler |
 | William C. Fox | ... | Business Traveler |
 | Ayanna Fullilove | ... | Helpful Traveler |
| Cameron Hall | ... | Young Boy in Airport |
 | Jim Lewis | ... | Security Guard #3 |
 | Lisa Maxine Melinn | ... | Mother in Airport |
 | Aphrodite Nikolovski | ... | Anna's daughter |
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and thematic elements.
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USA:97 min
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #44173)
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I saw this movie tonight at the Reel World Film Festival in Toronto, expecting another one of those immigrant culture clash cultural pieces in line with the Bollywood-Hollywood/Bhaji on the Beach types that contain poorly developed characters, bad acting, loud political messages and contrived and simplistic plot lines. The fact that it was helmed by a first time director with no previous film experience did not help me in formulating my preconception. Boy was I wrong! Ocean of Pearls is a moving and ultimately redeeming spiritual voyage that intelligently touched upon such topics as faith, assimilation, materialism, family and HMOs in modern secular America, while telling the story of a young Sikh-Canadian doctor who loses his faith in his religion and profession when taking on new job at a private Detroit hospital. Its not as profound (or heady) as an Ingmar Bergman film (and is not intended to be), but for a family drama it carries great weight and is a refreshingly honest portrayal of South Asians in North America.