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THE WHITE LINE

By Desiree KAHIKOPO MEIFFRET

YANIBES PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Romance - Completed 2019

A story of hope borne from love grown in a forbidding time.

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Romance, Historical, Drama
- Countries
- FRANCE, NAMIBIA, SWEDEN, USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH, AFRIKAANS
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Desiree KAHIKOPO MEIFFRET
- Cast
- Girley JAZAMA, Jan-Barend SCHEEPPERS , Desiree KAHIKOPO MEIFFRET, Sunet VAN WYK
- Producer(s)
- Prudence KOLONG (YANIBES PRODUCTIONS), Desiree KAHIKOPO-MEIFFRET, Girley JAZAMA, Michael PULSE
- Synopsis
- ‘The White Line’ is a historical drama set in Namibia in 1963 at the time when it was still ruled by the South African Apartheid regime, until Namibia's independence in 1990. ‘The White Line’ tells the story of two unlikely heroes albeit ordinary humans, Sylvia and Pieter, who fall in love despite all odds.
  
  Sylvia is a Herero Namibian woman who lives the hardship common to women like her in the 1960’s in Windhoek and Pieter is a white South African police officer, there to enforce the deeply flawed laws of Apartheid.
  
  For Sylvia and Pieter, love is the forbidden pursuit that takes place in a country and at a time where the Immorality Act irrevocably sanctioned their amorous endeavors.
  
  Similar to ‘Loving’ by Jeff Nichols in its subject matter, ‘The White Line’ distinguishes itself by offering a novel insight into a part of African colonial history that is seldom known to wider audiences or explored in cinematic exposés.
  
  Based on an original idea of first-time director Desiree Meiffreit-Kahikopo who weaved and pieced together a riveting story based on a screenplay by first-time screenwriter, Michael Pulse.
  Filmed in 14 days on location, in Karibib, Usakos and Okahandja standing in for Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia,
  
  ‘The White Line’ is a passion project brought to fruition by a trio of exceptionally talented filmmakers for whom the film has become an opportunity to address Namibia’s rich, passionate and nuanced past.