Film · 2020 · 1h 30m

The White Line

Name: The White Line
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2020-02-07
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Cast: Girley Jazama, Jan-Baren Scheepers, Sunet Van Wyk, Mervin Uahupirapi, Chari Botha

Drama History Romance

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Synopsis

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.