The White Line
2020 · 90 min
Drama · History · Romance
★ 7.0Trailer
Framed by scenes of Namibia's formal independence as a newly formed African country in 1990, Desiree Kahikopo's historical romance takes us back to 1963, soon after the 1959 uprising in Old Location — an area segregated for black residents of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia (then a territory of South Africa). It is in this setting that Sylvia Kamutjemo (Girley Charlene Jazama, who also produces), a black domestic worker, meets Afrikaner police officer Pieter de Wet (Jan-Barend Scheepers) on a routine passbook check. As the pair exchange letters and a story of forbidden love across racial lines unfolds, Kahikopo explores an underrepresented period of Namibian history with compassion and hope.
Crew
- Director Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
- Writer Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
- Writer Michael Pulse
- Director of Photography Renier de Bruyn
Cast
Girley Jazama
Sylvia Kamutjema
- J
Jan-Baren Scheepers
Pieter de Wit
- S
Sunet Van Wyk
Anna-Marie Van der Merwe
- M
Mervin Uahupirapi
Unotjari Kamutjemo
- C
Chari Botha
Jan Van der Merwe
- J
Joalette de Villiers
Sunet de Kock
- V
Vanessa Kamatoto
Jacobine Kamutjemo
- D
Desmond Katamila
Godfried Jnr Kamutjemo
- M
Muhindua Kaura
Godfried Snr Kamutjemo
- H
Hazel Hinda
Older Sylvia
Crew
- Director — Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
- Writer — Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
- Writer — Michael Pulse
- Director of Photography — Renier de Bruyn
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