The Sweetest Mango is a 2001

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film, the first feature film produced in

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. It was directed by Howard Allen. Howard and Mitzi Allen were co-executive producers, and Joanne C. Hillhouse served as associate producer. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Howard and Mitzi Allen and written by D. Gisele Isaac. The film was intended as "millennium Project", marking the entry of the island country to the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. Actress Janil Greenaway would later serve as

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of Antigua and Barbuda to Canada.

Plot

The film's plot about the way "a couple met and fell in love", is reportedly based on real events. Film critic Anne Brodie cited the setting of the film in its native island country as helping it in managing to reflect "local life, climate and colour". She also found the "human scale and intimacy" of the relationship rather unusual for recent romance films. The story starts with Lovelyanne ‘Luv' Davies returning to her native

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after an extensive stay in

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. She struggles to re-adjust herself to life on a relatively small island. The turmoil of her personal and professional life is further complicated by her involvement in a

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Legacy

A decade after its release, Brodie donated her copy of the film to the

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Film Reference Library. The Library and its contents are available to the public, and she hoped that the film may be seen by a new audience.

Cast

*Jermilla Kirwan as Lovelyanne Davies *Omar Mathurin *Janil Greenaway *Julie Hewlett *Mervyn Richards *Berni Isaac *Centelia Browne *Denise Francis *

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References

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