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The White Line (2020)
Directed by Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
Drama, History, Romance · 1h 30m
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.
Cast
Girley Jazama
Sylvia Kamutjema
Crew
- Director
- Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
- Writer
- Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret, Michael Pulse
- Director of Photography
- Renier de Bruyn
- Editor
- Renier de Bruyn
- Producer
- Girley Jazama, Michael Pulse, Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
Details
- Release date
- 2020-02-07
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Original language
- AF
- Countries
- Namibia
- Production
- Namibia Film Commission, Ruach Pictures, JazAds Advertising, JusThink Marketing, Melograno Films