Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck (2002)
- Directed by
- Clint Alberta
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The documentary follows Burger, a drag queen who comes out of retirement to compete in the Miss 501 drag pageant at a Toronto bar. It shows her preparation and the people around her.
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What happens
Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Clint Morrill under the pseudonym "Jules Karatechamp" and released in 2002. The film centres on Burger, a drag queen who is coming out of retirement to compete in the "Miss 501" drag pageant at Toronto's Bar 501. The film premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Morrill committed suicide a month after its premiere. The film was posthumously screened at the 2002 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the juried award for Best Canadian Film. In June 2026, the film received a retrospective screening at the TIFF Lightbox to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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