Press and Media
"This quiet, understated documentary. The Last Harvest, Linda Ohama's lovely filmic epilogue is a rarity...films as emotionally circumspect as this are especially rare on television."
The Globe and Mail, March 1994, John Haslett Cuff
"The Last Harvest is a powerful, dignified telling of a painful story that has universal, not just Canadian, appeal."
The Province, March 1994, Ray Chatelin
"This heartfelt family saga breaks new emotional ground in its docu approach to personal history. Sincere, probing and smart, Obaachan's Garden delves deeply into one Japanese-Canadian's century-old story."
Variety Magazine, Hollywood Daily, December 2001, Ken Eisner
"Murakami (Obaachan) is one of more than 6,000 Japanese women who arrived on Canada's shores between 1908 and 1924 as picture brides. The Genie nominated documentary, Obaachan's Garden, embarks on a 15-city Japanese tour..."
Macleans Magazine, October 2002, Sue Ferguson
"It is the purely organic nature of Obaachan's Garden that sets it apart from other documentaries."
Take One Magazine, May 2002, Cynthia Amsden
"Linda Ohama delivers an intensely moving reflection in Obaachan's Garden."
Playback Magazine, August 2001
"The resulting film (Obaachan's Garden) is lyrical, tragic and hopeful, showing Ohama's painterly eye..."
The Province, October 2001, Glen Schaeffer
"the film recounts Murakami's turbulent life from the disappearance of her first two daughters following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923....."
The Japan TImes, November 2002
"The award winning documentary, Obaachan's Garden, Ohama lovingly portrays a quirky, music-loving centenarian...The film chronicles a Japanese exodus."
The Daily Yomiuri, November 2002, Gregory Strong
"Stories of human spirit and determination are rarely as well told as in The Last Harvest."
The Calgary Herald, March 1994, Bob Blakey
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