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Howard and Mitzi Allen, Antigua

 :: No Seed (2002) ::   

Screening: Sunday 19, 3.00 p.m.

Barbados Premiere of the latest Antiguan feature from Hama Productions 

The Director and Producer: 

Howard and Mitzi Allen make up HAMA Productions, an independent production company that has been active over the past 10 years. HAMA's work centers around documentaries, corporate and industrial videos and television programmes. As members of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, HAMA contributes to regional television programming.

HAMA is the producer of the popular animal welfare television programme Pet Playhouse for the Humane Society of Antigua and Barbuda. This programme which is aimed at sensitizing children about animal welfare and conservation in the Caribbean is funded by WSPA, The World Society for the Protection of Animals.

Howard Allen is a producer - director with more than 15 years experience in television production and video engineering. He has produced and directed television programmes and music videos. He made his feature film directorial debut with The Sweetest Mango, released in February 2001.

Mitzi Allen is a broadcast journalist who has 15 years experience in the broadcast media, which began in Toronto, Ontario and continued in Antigua as the manager of news and production at the local cable station and as a writer with a local newspaper. As a producer and media consultant she now works closely with her husband on HAMA projects. She is the Executive Producer of the above-mentioned film.

The Film: 

No Seed (2002)

Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Running Time: 90 mins
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller

A dramatic thriller which tells a story of power, superstition and deception. This Caribbean tale, set on St. Mark, a fictitious island, is craftily woven to parallel a warri game. Warri, a popular board game in some Caribbean islands, originated in Africa. (The game came to the West Indies from the Gold Coast of Africa with enslaved Africans. The object of the game is to capture your opponent's nickels. The nickels are small nuts belonging to the Guillandria bush.) Filmed on location in Antigua and Barbuda.