Photo Booth
1
113 minutes
9/23/2022
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.
Cast List
John Gilbert
as Jean Genet
Sam Al Esai
as Hamza Khoury
Alexander Chapman
as Heather
Stephen Chen
as Gerry
Ramzi Zain
as Walid Khoury
Allegra Fulton
as Narrator
Ali Abunimah
as Self
Judith Butler
as Self
Ghadir Shafie
as Self
Omar Barghouti
as Self
Kalil Haddad
as Alex Trebek
Laura Levin
as Prison Guard
Dustin Peters
as Buddy
Stefano Wild
as Pedro
Sean Lui
as Pedro
Ric Brown
as Wedding Dancer