The National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) is pleased to have been a longtime supporter of PICTURE BRIDE. In addition to providing production funds, NAATA hosted the film's West Coast premiere at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. NAATA is pleased to present the national public television premiere of PICTURE BRIDE with Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC).
PICTURE BRIDE was an official selection of the Un Certain Regard (A Special Look) section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and received the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Film at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.
Distributed by Miramax Films, PICTURE BRIDE was produced in association with Cecile Company, Ltd. and made possible through the support of the numerous funding agencies, businesses, and individuals listed in the Acknowledgements section of this web site.
PICTURE BRIDE is available for non-theatrical film screenings (Swank Motion Pictures) and on videocassette (Buena Vista). Original motion picture soundtrack CD available on Virgin Records.
by Diane Mei Lin Mark
The Japanese in Hawai'i:
1885 - 1920
by Dennis Ogawa and Glen Grant
Field Work and Family Work:
Picture Brides On Hawaii's Sugar Plantations, 1910 - 1920
by Teresa Bill
Woven Tales:
Early Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawai'i
by Barbara Kawakami
Making Picture Bride:
Balancing History and Fiction in Dramatic Film
by Kayo Hatta
Hawaiians And Sugar:
Plantations in the 1800's
by Dr. Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor