The Sweetest Mango

The Sweetest Mango is a 2001 romantic comedy film, the first feature film produced in Antigua and Barbuda. It was directed and produced by Howard Allen and Mitzi Allen. The film was intended as "millennium Project", marking the entry of the island country to the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.^[1] Actress Janil Greenaway would later serve as consul general of Antigua and Barbuda to Canada.^[1]

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.^[1] The story starts with Lovelyanne ‘Luv' Davies returning to her native Antigua after an extensive stay in Canada. 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 love triangle.^[2]

A decade after its release, Brodie donated her copy of the film to the Bell Lightbox 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.^[1]

Film cast:

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

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