Ocean of Pearls is a movie released in 2008. It is the first film directed by Sarab Singh Neelam,
a Sikh gastroenterologist from Troy, Michigan.
The story is about a young Sikh surgeon, who moves from Toronto to Detroit
to take a position at a new transplant facility, leaving behind his family and Indian girlfriend.
The film follows Amrit's struggles against the pressures to assimilate,
including considering removing his turban and cutting his hair,
racial discrimination, an unfair medical system in which uninsured patients cannot receive transplants,
and romantic temptation in the shape of an attractive colleague