{"id":3768,"date":"2024-06-12T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2024-10-27T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T12:00:29","slug":"first-look-at-mpho-sebengs-final-work-016fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/?p=3768","title":{"rendered":"First-look at Mpho Sebeng&#8217;s Final Work: 016FM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>SAFTA nominee Mpho Sebeng co-stars in new Showmax Original 016FM<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>In his final interview before his untimely passing, Mpho shares how 016FM made him appreciate the people and community of the Vaal<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Premieres on Showmax on\u00a026 June 2024, with new episodes on\u00a0Wednesdays<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Showmax has just released the first trailer for<em>&nbsp;016FM<\/em>, starring SAFTA nominee Mpho Sebeng&nbsp;<em>(Saints &amp; Sinners, Ring of Lies<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Savage Beauty<\/em>) as DJ Whiskey in his final role before his untimely passing in May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To save their much-loved community radio station in the Vaal from closing, two polar opposite DJs prepare to compete in a kwaal, a radical battle on-air. They know it will be a fight to reclaim the hearts of listeners and advertisers, but don\u2019t realise they will also have to oust a dangerous, shadowy syndicate that has infiltrated the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/016fm2-1024x886.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3769\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Sedibo&nbsp; (<em>Rhythm City, Empini)&nbsp;<\/em>co-stars as DJ Tsietsi in the Showmax Original drama series, which premieres on&nbsp;26 June 2024, with new episodes every&nbsp;Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>016FM<\/em>\u2019s<em>&nbsp;<\/em>star-studded cast also includes four-time SAFTA winner Nthati Moshesh (<em>Saints &amp; Sinners<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Isono<\/em>), SAFTA winner Sophie Ndaba (<em>Lockdown<\/em>), Sello Motloung (<em>The Wife<\/em>), Katlego Mabote (<em>Outlaws<\/em>), Mapula Mofole (<em>Rhythm City<\/em>), Noni Mafani (<em>1802: Love Defies Time<\/em>), Mapaseka Koetle (<em>Lenyalo Ha Se Papadi<\/em>) and Mbasa Msongelo (<em>Isithunzi, Saints &amp; Sinners, Z&#8217;bondiwe, Rhythm City<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his final interview, Mpho shared with Zibuyile Dladla what&nbsp;<em>016FM<\/em>&nbsp;meant to him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why did you want to be a part of&nbsp;<em>016FM<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to my character, DJ Whiskey, and most importantly the storyline, what piqued my interest about&nbsp;<em>016FM<\/em>&nbsp;is that it\u2019s a story that is about the Vaal. I feel like there haven&#8217;t been many stories that have shed a light on this particular part of the country. For me, the Vaal is such a melting pot of culture, fashion and language, which was something I was very drawn to while doing my research about the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What research did you do for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a big pop-cultural movement in the Vaal that is highly influenced by Italian high fashion. DJ Whiskey is an Italiana as well, so I immersed myself in understanding this movement in order to have a better understanding of the character. So I had to take the time to hang around with the locals, especially the people who started the culture of ama-Italiana and izikhothane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also watched a lot of videos and skits online. I would purposefully look for skits made by people from the Vaal going about their day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d also link up with friends from Sebokeng and Sharpeville [which form part of the six townships in the Vaal] and that helped with fleshing out this character.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research gave me a deep appreciation and respect for the area. This place has so much history and so much to offer. I feel like a show like<em>&nbsp;016FM&nbsp;<\/em>shows the great potential that is within the people of the Vaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How would you describe DJ Whiskey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is someone that likes the limelight and wants to be number one. It\u2019s all he knows. He wants to be the alpha of every room that he steps in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s also a lone wolf that has to fend for everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes when you read characters on paper, it\u2019s difficult to humanise them, so I tried by all means to show that, although DJ Whiskey comes across as an intolerable human, there are underlying reasons for why he is like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why do you feel&nbsp;<em>016FM<\/em>&nbsp;is a must-watch show for South Africans?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My stance as an actor is that the majority of the time it isn\u2019t necessarily characters that I\u2019m drawn to but mostly the story &#8211; the storyline has to stick. I want to always be on a set where the story that we tell has a strong resonating message that everyone can connect with and a story which people can somehow find healing from. So I implore people to watch&nbsp;<em>016FM<\/em>&nbsp;because it\u2019s not just entertainment but a story about community and holding each other accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax has just released the first<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolnblack.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}