Connie Lo Yan-Wai is a documentary filmmaker. She has worked for different media groups including the TV Division of Radio Television Hong Kong, the News and Public Affairs Department of Asia Television Limited, Fairchild TV in Canada, and the News and Public Affairs Department of Television Broadcasts Limited. In 2012, she founded the Studio for Public Humanities Limited.
Her controversial film Vanished Archives documents the history of the 1967 Riots, an event that had a profound impact on Hong Kong. Lo and her team spent four years interviewing people who had been involved in the Riots, including union leaders, students and eye witnesses. Vanished Archives is an important account this period in Hong Kong’s history, and has inspired heated debates and reflections on the city’s historical past.
Filmography
| Role | Title (English) | Title (Chinese) | Year |
| Director, Executive Producer | Vanished Archives (Trailer) | 消失的檔案 | 2017 |
Related Links:
Vanished Archives website: https://vanishedarchives.org/
Interview on Vanished Archives
SCMP Education Post – Documentary director’s struggle to find footage of Hong Kong’s 1967 riots exposes problems with archives
Hong Kong Women Filmmakers 
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