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.
Director: Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
Writer: Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret, Michael Pulse
Producer: Girley Jazama, Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret, Michael Pulse
Director of Photography: Renier de Bruyn
Sylvia Kamutjema
Pieter de Wit
Anna-Marie Van der Merwe
Unotjari Kamutjemo
Jan Van der Merwe
Sunet de Kock
Jacobine Kamutjemo
Godfried Jnr Kamutjemo
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