Skorokoro

{{Short description|2016 South African film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|writer = Darrell Roodt
Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo

|director = Darrell Roodt

|starring = {{ubl|Papiso Keogatile|Boikie Pholo|Paballo Koza|Mbalenhle Zakwe|Meme Ditshego|Charlie Bouguenon|Reine Swart|Graeme Kriega|Byron Kennedy}}

|music = Grant Booth
Alun Richards

|country = South Africa{{cite web|url=http://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/celebrity-news/saftas-nominees-announced|title=Saftas Nominees Announced|work=People Magazine|accessdate=April 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425031320/http://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/celebrity-news/saftas-nominees-announced|archivedate=April 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}

|producer = Christianne Bennetto
Samuel Frauenstein
Dries Maree
Andre Frauenstein

|editor = Leon Gerber

|cinematography = Pierre Smith

|company = Phoenix Films

|released = {{Start date|2016}}

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Skorokoro is a 2016 South African TV Film directed by Darrell Roodt. It was nominated for a Golden Horn award in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201703170477.html|last=Chironda|first=Melody|title=South Africa: Stars to Battle For a Golden Horn at Film Awards|work=allAfrica|date=17 March 2017|accessdate=26 September 2022}} The film was produced by Phoenix films in South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcontact.com/news/south-africa/films-production/maqamovie-finalists-star-new-film|title=Maqamovie finalists star in new film|work=FilmContact|accessdate=April 30, 2017}} {{Dead link|date=September 2022}}

The movie was originally planned as a big screen production but failed to make the grade and was reduced to airing only as a local TV production.

Plot

Happiness and Rose fall in love in a small village in South Africa. They would like to get married, but their families keep that from happening. Happiness decides to enter a race with his old taxi in order to win prize money to pay for his lobola. Happiness will be allowed to marry Rose if and only if he can pay the required lobola.{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/78940/maqamovie-finalist-lands-lead-role-in-new-sa-film|title=Maqamovie finalist Papiso Keogatile gets lead role in new SA film|work=My TV News|date=1 June 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2022}}

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