Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Jamie Babbit

Writers:

Jamie Babbit (story)
Tina Mabry (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Plot:

High School grad and all American gal, Anna finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Feminist | High School | First Gay Sexual Experience | Black Bra

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Melonie Diaz	...	Anna
Nicole Vicius	...	Sadie
Daniela Sea	...	Calvin
Deak Evgenikos	...	Meat
Lauren Mollica	...	Aggie
Guinevere Turner	...	Marcy Maloney
Carly Pope	...	Shulamith
Melanie Mayron	...	Courtney Cadmar
Ana Mercedes	...	Kate
Cecile Rivore	...	Seamstress
Marisa Ramirez	...	Ellen
Ruben Garfias	...	Sam
Leslie Grossman	...	Maude
Jimmi Simpson	...	Chris
Mircea Monroe	...	Justine

Runtime:

87 min | Germany:87 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

New Zealand:R13 | USA:Not Rated | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Power Up Films

Trivia:

In one sequence, Anna and Sadie go to a music/book store and check out a bunch of books, albums and magazines. The ones visible on-screen are as follows: Books: "Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls" by the Guerrilla Girls; "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast; "Pretty in Punk" by Lauraine Leblanc; "Backlash" by Susan Faludi; "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America..." by Bill Quinn; "The Power of Feminist Art" by Broude & Garrard; "Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader" by Barbara Crow; "The New Our Bodies, Ourselves" by The Boston Women's Health Book Collective; "Emma" by Howard Zinn; "We Owe You Nothing" by Daniel Sinker; "The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf; "Zines! Volume One" by V. Vale; "Grassroots" by Baumgardner, Richards & LaDuke; "The Radical Women Manifesto" by The Radical Women; "Angry Women" by Vale & Juno. Magazines: Ms., February/March 2001 ("Oh My God, I'm a Hardcore Feminist!" cover); Bitch, Spring 2002 (Sandra Tsing Loh cover); Venus, Summer 2005 (Sleater-Kinney cover). Albums: Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control; PJ Harvey - Rid of Me; The Queers - Punk Rock Confidential; Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap; Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock; Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out; Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One; various artists - Otis' Opuses (Kill Rock Stars sampler). This sequence lasts for 30 seconds.

Quotes:

Sadie: You do realize that Calvin's a girl?
Shuli: And? I want to see if she will come to Sacramento with us.
Anna: [sarcastic] This isn't a dating service, you know.
Sadie: Sorry, Shuli. Last time anyone checked, you liked men.
Shuli: Who said I didn't? Jesus, you dykes are such closed-minded bitches.

Soundtrack:

2 Story Girl

Itty Bitty Titty Committee - Babbit's finger is on the pulse of queer cinema

Wickedly talented director Jamie Babbit once again has her finger on the pulse of queer culture with this wry romantic comedy in which anarchic punk twenty-somethings vivaciously vandalize patriarchal symbols under the name of the C(I)A (Clits in Action). Fresh out of high school, mundane lesbian Anna has no direction or motivation. Having recently broken up with her girlfriend, she is the maid of honor at her picture perfect sister's wedding and works a monotonous job at a plastic surgery clinic. It's not until she meets foxy Sadie as she's spray painting empowering statements on Anna's office window that she wakes up and finds a purpose. Intrigued, she follows Sadie down a seedy back alley to her guerrilla girls' headquarters and meets the other members—angst-laden artist Meat, brainchild Shulasmith and ally transman Aggie. Even though these rebels are a bit slapdash, their down-with-the-man attitude and infectious style has the precocious baby-dyke fired up and joining the fight! As the estrogen flows during a crucial road trip, frolicking friends and alluring glances ignite a steamy romance between Anna and Sadie that could upset the delicate order of the C(I)A. Set to the inspiring riot grrl music of Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Itty Bitty Titty Committee isn't your traditional feminist film: instead, it's an ode to grrl power for the gender-bending queer punk generation.

This film was a lot of fun! As passionate and serious as these anti-male-dominated-society grrls tried to be, they tended not to stray too far from reality and didn't take themselves too seriously. There were lots of hard laughs for me, starting with the name C(I)A and ending with the take-over of the Marcy Maloney TV set! In addition to all the fun and laughter, I also enjoyed the themes of friendship, loyalty, betrayal, and purpose. 10 stars!