Sacred Threads in Lima

In Lima, Peru, a Sikh man has built his life without removing his turban. He runs a transport and tourism business, has been married to a Peruvian woman for over 26 years, leads meditation sessions by the sea every morning at 6 AM, and is part of a small but active Sikh community that gathers in a Gurdwara in the Peruvian capital. He speaks about the difficulties he has encountered — being compared to Bin Laden after 9/11, having his son barred from school because of his turban, facing a company that wouldn't employ him because of his appearance — and about what it means to refuse to give any of it up.

The film is also about the work of translation, both literal and cultural. He is working to translate the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish, understanding that the sacred book is an energy rather than a text and that true translation requires far more than finding equivalent words. The 22 Gurdwaras and libraries he is helping to open across Peru speak to a broader ambition: to share what Sikhism offers, not as proselytism but as an invitation. Sacred Threads in Lima is a portrait of a man who chose to be fully himself in a place that had never seen anyone like him.