The White Line (2019 film)

{{short description|2021 Namibian drama film}}

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| name = The White Line

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| director = Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret

| producer = Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret
Fetteroff Colen
Girley Jazamam
Prudence Kolong
Micheal Pulse

| story = Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret

| writer = Micheal Pulse

| starring = Girley Jazama
Jan-Baren Scheepers
Sunet Van Wyk
Muhindua Kaura
Mervin Uahupirapi

| music = Ponti Dikuua

| cinematography = Renier de Bruyn
Laurent Hesemans

| editing = Renier de Bruyn

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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|07|22|Durban|2020|11|13|Namibia}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Namibia

| language = Afrikaans, Otjiherero

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The White Line is a 2019 Namibian drama romantic history film directed by Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret and co-produced by director herself along with Fetteroff Colen, Girley Jazamam, Prudence Kolong and Micheal Pulse.{{Cite web |last=Filmstarts |title=The White Line |url=https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/280966.html |access-date=2021-10-03 |language=de}} The film stars, Girley Jazama and Jan-Baren Scheepers were in lead roles whereas Sunet Van Wyk, Muhindua Kaura and Mervin Uahupirapi made supportive roles.{{Cite web |title=The White Line {{!}} Film 2019 |url=https://www.moviepilot.de/movies/the-white-line |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=moviepilot.de |language=de}} The film revolves around a love affair between a Black maid and a White Afrikaner Police officer in 1963 after the Old Location uprising.{{Cite web |title=Filmvorführung "The White Line" mit anschließender Diskussion |url=https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/icwc/aktuelles/termine/filmvorfuehrung-the-white-line |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=Philipps-Universität Marburg |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Europapremiere: Namibischer Film "The White Line" |url=https://www.weltladen-marburg.de/event/europapremiere-namibischer-film-the-white-line/ |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=Weltladen Marburg |language=de-DE}}

The film has been shot in Karibib, Usakos and Okahandja in central Namibia.{{Cite web |last=Namibian |first=The |title=Behind 'The White Line' |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=67907 |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=The Namibian |language=en}} It had its first festival premiere at the 2019 Durban International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.spla.pro/file.film.white-line-the.20889.html|title=The White Line|work=Spla|access-date=9 October 2021}} {{Cite web |last=Namibian |first=The |date=2020-11-16 |title=‘The White Line’ Finally Hits Ster-Kinekor |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/the-white-line-finally-hits-ster-kinekor/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}} The film received positive acclaim from critics and was screened worldwide.{{Cite web |title=‘The White Line’ goes international |url=https://neweralive.na/posts/the-white-line-goes-international |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=Truth, for its own sake. |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The White Line - Kinoprogramm und Veranstaltungen in Gruppe |url=https://www.cineplex.de/film/the-white-line/370701/ |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=cineplex.de |language=de}} In 2019 at the Namibian Theatre and Film Awards, lead actress Girley Jazama was nominated for the Best Female Actor award.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2020, the film was nominated for the five awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best First feature by a Director, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Screenplay and Best Film in an African Language at the African Movie Academy Awards. In the same year, the film won the Kilimandjaro Award for the Best Film at the Festival Africlap.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}