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The White Line
2020 7.0 (1 votes) 1h 30m
Genres
Drama History Romance
Production Companies
Namibia Film Commission
Ruach Pictures
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The White Line

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret

Writer: Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret, Michael Pulse

Producer: Girley Jazama, Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret, Michael Pulse

Director of Photography: Renier de Bruyn

Top Cast

Girley Jazama
Girley Jazama

Sylvia Kamutjema

Jan-Baren Scheepers

Pieter de Wit

Sunet Van Wyk

Anna-Marie Van der Merwe

Mervin Uahupirapi

Unotjari Kamutjemo

Chari Botha

Jan Van der Merwe

Joalette de Villiers

Sunet de Kock

Vanessa Kamatoto

Jacobine Kamutjemo

Desmond Katamila

Godfried Jnr Kamutjemo

Videos

The White Line Official Trailer (2019) NEW

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