Ocean of Pearls (2008)

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 stateoftheart transplant center dwindle because of his appearance Amrit goes against a tradition hes 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 hed turned his back on