 In 2004, filmmaker Arthur Dong learned of two nitrate reels and the 16mm print containing footage from "The Curse of Quon Gwon" that were in the possession of Violet Wong's descendants while researching his documentary film "Hollywood Chinese".He was given access to the footage and took it the Academy Film Archive, which restored the film in 2005. , it is the earliest known Chinese American feature film and it is also one of the earliest films directed by a woman, Marion E. Wong.Most of the film remains missing.