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.

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

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Judith Butler

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Ghadir Shafie

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Omar Barghouti

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