Omar's sister Rehmat married a white man, against rules that forbid mixed marriages. He is attracted to Madeleine, a local white postmistress, but the indignities and injustices of the prevalent law thwart their desire to pursue a relationship. Her world is confined to being a doting mother to her three children and a subservient wife to her chauvinistic husband Omar.Īmina has a covert business partner, Jacob, who is barred from owning a business because the State considers him to be 'coloured'. Miriam demurely follows conventions and makes no demands on life. Amina defines her own laws and lives on her own terms, undeterred by the reproving police and the disparaging Indian community. She runs the Location Café, a haven of fun, food, and festivities open to all. In 1950s South Africa, a land torn apart by apartheid, Amina epitomizes individuality and freedom. The World Unseen was made with the assistance of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, which took a minority equity stake in the film. Ray and Sheth also star together in another Shamim Sarif movie, I Can't Think Straight, released in November 2008. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth as two Indian South African women who fall in love in a racist, sexist, and homophobic society. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid. The World Unseen is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel.
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