Released:
2022-09-23

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.

Director:
John Greyson

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Music, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  John Gilbert
  as
  Jean Genet
• 
  Sam Al Esai
  as
  Hamza Khoury
• 
  Alexander Chapman
  as
  Heather
• 
  Stephen Chen
  as
  Gerry
• 
  Ramzi Zain
  as
  Walid Khoury