Photo Booth
2022
113 minutes
Overview
Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the Eurovision song contest in Jericho. Their method? Secure the collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto's famous gay penguins... The emergence of queer BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) as a dynamic Palestinian-led global movement is brought to vivid life through interviews and actions, opera and agitprop, protests and pranks. Recounting fifteen years of passionate activism in Toronto and worldwide, Photo Booth juxtaposes a surreal operatic narrative with documentary scenes that explore pride and pink-washing, gay soldiers and homo-nationalism, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, and the accelerating weaponization of anti-Semitism.
Top Cast
John Gilbert
Jean Genet
Sam Al Esai
Hamza Khoury
Alexander Chapman
Heather
Stephen Chen
Gerry
Ramzi Zain
Walid Khoury
Allegra Fulton
Narrator
Ali Abunimah
Self
Judith Butler
Self
Ghadir Shafie
Self
Omar Barghouti
Self
Kalil Haddad
Alex Trebek
Laura Levin
Prison Guard
Dustin Peters
Buddy
Stefano Wild
Pedro
Sean Lui
Pedro
Ric Brown
Wedding Dancer