Photo Booth (2022)
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.
- Date of release
- 2022-09-23
- TMDB
- 1.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Director
- John Greyson
Casting
- 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
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