A video clip from the documentary (1998) by filmmaker Charlie Ahearn shows Wong (1946–1999) in the streets of New York’s Chinatown during Chinese New Year, amid an onslaught of exploding red firecrackers, thick smoke, and onlookers shrouding the sidewalk. Wong, with his signature untamed black hair, flashes a toothy, wide grin, before turning back to capture the deafening spectacle with his own point-and-shoot. The clip is one of the many
