Photo Booth

Photo Booth (2022)

MusicDocumentary

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.

Director: John Greyson

Casts

	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

Crew