The White Line

Release Date: 2020-02-07

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.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Girley Jazama

as Sylvia Kamutjema

Jan-Baren Scheepers

as Pieter de Wit

Sunet Van Wyk

as Anna-Marie Van der Merwe

Mervin Uahupirapi

as Unotjari Kamutjemo

Chari Botha

as Jan Van der Merwe