Mother City?

by Refilwe Mathapelo Mofokeng

One Oh Eight is a twinned geolocated audio drama set on board the 108 bus in London and in 108 bus in Cape Town. Listeners across both cities downloaded an app which triggered the audio drama to play on their phones as they sat on the bus heading along their cities 108 route. Transporting the London listener- in their minds ear- to Cape Town. And the Cape Town listener to London. MotherCity? is a 43-min audio drama set in Cape Town. It is a bold and heartfelt story of motherhood, friendship and inequality. Where three women form, an unlikely sisterhood formed by a common secret.

Mathapelo is a screenplay writer from Johannesburg, South Africa. After completing her undergraduate degree in film producing, she worked on the production of various local and international feature films before moving into radio. In 2017, Mathapelo completed an MA in Scriptwriting at London University of Goldsmiths. Her films have since screened at the Underwire, London Shorts, BFI Soul Connect, Aesthetica, Heart of Gold Film Festival amongst others.