| Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck | |
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| Directed by | Jules Karatechamp |
| Produced by | Jules Karatechamp |
| Starring | Burger |
| Cinematography | Jeff Sterne |
| Edited by | Katharine Asals |
| Music by | Meagan Roberts |
Production company | Karatechamp |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Clint Morrill under the pseudonym "Jules Karatechamp" and released in 2002.[1] 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.[2]
The film premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.[3] Morrill committed suicide a month after its premiere.[4]
The film was posthumously screened at the 2002 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the juried award for Best Canadian Film.
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