04/09/2026
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Team America: World Police (2004) is a foul-mouthed satire of American militarism, Hollywood heroism and the post-9/11 urge to police the world. With marionettes, explosions and a relentless stream of politically incorrect humour, global politics is reduced to something both incredibly stupid and strangely revealing. 🇺🇸
For a special screening on September 11th, cultural theorist will introduce the film with a presentation placing Team America back into the political and cultural moment that produced it. What exactly was this film satirising in 2004? And what can its particular brand of provocation tell us about Hollywood, American power and the propaganda of the War on Terror?