The White Line
The White Line
Watch the white line HDToday. 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.
- Genre: Drama, History, Romance
- Country: Namibia
- Director: Désirée Kahikopo-Meiffret
- Cast: Girley Jazama, Jan-Baren Scheepers, Sunet Van Wyk, Mervin Uahupirapi, Chari Botha, Joalette de Villiers, Vanessa Kamatoto, Desmond Katamila, Muhindua Kaura, Hazel Hinda,
