Photo Booth

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.

Directed by John Greyson

Top cast

John Gilbert

Jean Genet

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Sam Al Esai

Hamza Khoury

A

Alexander Chapman

Heather

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Stephen Chen

Gerry

R

Ramzi Zain

Walid Khoury

Allegra Fulton

Narrator

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Ali Abunimah

Self

Judith Butler

Self

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Ghadir Shafie

Self

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Omar Barghouti

Self

Kalil Haddad

Alex Trebek

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Laura Levin

Prison Guard

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Dustin Peters

Buddy

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Stefano Wild

Pedro

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Sean Lui

Pedro

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Ric Brown

Wedding Dancer

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