Lloyd Wong, Unfinished is a 2025 Canadian short documentary film directed by Lesley Loksi Chan.[1] It tells the story of Chinese-Canadian artist Lloyd Wong, who began a video work about his living with HIV which remained unfinished at the time of his death. Thirty years later, filmmaker Lesley Loksi Chan discovered and edited the material.[2]
This experimental documentary by Lesley Loksi Chan explores Lloyd Wong’s unfinished project on his life with AIDS in 1990s Toronto. Long thought lost, Wong’s footage was rediscovered after 30 years. Chan integrates it with her research notes, reflecting on queer community archives and the nature of incompletion.
Cast
Lloyd Wong
Suy Woo Wong
Production
The development and making of the film in the words of the director Lesley Loksi Chan:
In 2020, artist/activist John Greyson informed me that lost footage from Lloyd Wong’s episode of Toronto Living With AIDS (TLWA) had been found. TLWA, a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS video series (1990–1991), was canceled in its second season due to censorship. Wong’s footage had been stored at Richard Fung’s home for over 30 years before being archived. John invited me to restore it, sparking my curiosity about Wong. Over four years, with mentorship from John and Richard, I worked on this film, largely during my Viral Interventions residency (2021–2022). Created in collaboration with fellow artists, Lloyd Wong, Unfinished is shaped by conversations, Wong’s work, and his recovered footage.[2]
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