Itty Bitty Titty Committee

Plot synopsis:
Anna has been rejected by her college, her girlfriend broke up with her, and her big sister is getting married. She meets Sadie, who invites her to join Clits In Action, or C(i)A, a radical Third-wave feminist group. Anna soon gets in touch with her political side. She takes part in illegal activism with the group and becomes more aggressive in her daily life.
Anna starts falling for Sadie, who has been involved for years with an older woman named Courtney. Courtney works with a more mainstream feminist organization and disagrees with the C(i)A's method of creating awareness through public art, which usually involves vandalism.
The group travels to take part in a gay marriage protest – instead of being for or against it, they argue that marriage is the wrong goal, as it is an institution rooted in sexism. Despite being warned by another member of the C(i)A, Meat, that Sadie uses people, Anna shares a night of passion with her while they stay in a hotel. At the rally the next day, the outspoken Shulamith ends up nearly coming to blows with a protester. The fight is caught by a local news crew and the group's message is misconstrued as violent and homophobic. Meat also reveals that their website – which they considered the center of their activism – has not received hits from anyone besides themselves.
C(i)A attempts to have a meeting at Courtney's home, but personal conflicts come to a head. Anna believes Sadie is going to leave Courtney to be with her, but Sadie remains dependent on her partner. Meat and Shulamith announce that they're giving up on the group, Sadie stays behind with Courtney, and Aggie (a transgender man, the only guy allowed in the group, due to his female anatomy) comforts Anna, who is heartbroken over Sadie's rejection and the loss of the C(i)A. They end up partying together and having a one-night stand. In the morning, Aggie has prepared breakfast and procured a flower for Anna, who only considers him a friend. Sadie arrives to talk about what happened the night before. Anna tries to explain that her night with Aggie meant nothing. He overhears and is deeply hurt. Sadie leaves and Anna finds herself truly alone.
In an attempt to fix things, Anna formulates a master plan to get C(i)A national attention. Meat and Shulamith like her idea, but insist she must make things right with Aggie. Anna apologizes, Aggie forgives her, and the four carry out the plan, without Sadie.
Anna attends her sister's wedding, bringing joy to her family, but leaves early to execute her part of the plan – sneaking into the studio of a popular talk show with Aggie and Meat. Courtney is appearing on the show to argue about the appropriateness of a celebration over the (arbitrary) anniversary of the construction of the Washington Monument, which she feels is a distraction from real issues. When the host requests a live shot of the monument, the C(i)A feeds their footage in. With the expert help of one of Shulamith's lovers, Calvin (who was discharged from the military for being a lesbian under Don't Ask Don't Tell), and Meat's prowess with sculpture, a giant phallus has been erected atop the Washington Monument and is blown off with explosives. Back at the studio, Aggie pulls the fire alarm and the group escapes.
In the getaway car waiting for Anna, she is surprised to see Sadie, who has finally broken it off with Courtney. Sadie apologizes for her behavior, and the two agree to just be friends, but then kiss. Through text in the epilogue, it is revealed that Shulamith and Calvin volunteered to take the fall for the explosion, and received a reduced sentence because no one was hurt. Aggie started hormone therapy, started a new feminist group for men and got a girlfriend. Meat's sculpture appearing on TV launched her art career. Courtney took the talk show host, Marcy, out to dinner after fleeing the building together. Marcy subsequently left her husband to move in with Courtney. Anna and Sadie remain together, and Anna now attends college, where she has created a group focused on positive body image called the Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

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Review:
Some friends of mine recommended me the film Itty Bitty Titty Committee because they know the lesbian film Kissing Jessica Stein is one of my favorite romantic comedies.I did not like that film only for the lesbian subtext,but because I found it funny,honest and much more credible than most of the romantic comedies,in which the central couple falls in love because the screenplay says so and not because the story,performances or dialogues make us believe on that.Although I liked Kissing Jessica Stein more,Itty Bitty Titty Commitee is an excellent film which goes much more far away than being a simple romantic comedy,thanks to its intelligent screenplay and its fascinating ideas.The themes and messages from Itty Bitty Titty Committee are valid and simply great.This movie represents a great antidote against craps like Aquamarine and Bratz : The Movie,in which the female ideal is represented by the sizes of the bosoms,the popularity and the fashion.This movie also uses the "culture jamming" to spread its ideas,something similar to what people like Abbie Hoffman and Joey Skaggs did to show the hypocrisy,stupidity and contradictions from the society.The great thing this movie does is that it takes all that ideas putting an own ideology which leaves the spectator thinking and discussing when the movie is over.I truly admire when a movie provokes that on the spectator (at least in my case).I also appreciated the irreverent attitude from the audacious screenplay.The performances are excellent because they show enormous energy and enthusiasm.The only fail I found on this movie is that the ending could have been a bit more polished.But that's a minor fail which did not avoid me to like this movie very much.Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a brilliant movie which kept me enormously entertained and interested thanks to its performances,style,energy and its excellent screenplay,which is full of sharp dialogues and which has something to say.And,besides of entertaining me a lot,this movie also left me thinking.We need more films like this one..
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.
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!
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!
a girl becomes empowered by the itty bitty titty committee.
I loved BUT IM A CHEERLEADER but i seriously think this film is better.
great music, great acting, great love story and seriously important political message.
I'm a big fan of le tigre and this movie is like the film version of their music.
My mom saw it too and she was so happy to see a movie about young people caring about feminist politics.
Melonie Diaz was awesome and Daniela Sea from the L word too played a great Iraqi war veteran who takes revenge on Washington for dismissing her under don't ask don't tell.
She is such a great actress and its nice to see her again in something lesbian since her work on hero's and carnivale.
Jamie Babbit needs an Oscar....this is fun, factual, funny and for god's sake a really good love story.
I think that anna and sadie are sexy and really real as chicks who dig chicks....daniela sea has never been better and guin turner is funny.
Good old fashion love story set against the funny group of hot chicks trying to change the world.
It is funny and the best lesbian film I have ever seen.
BEST LESBIAN FILM EVER!!!!!.
Anna (Melonie Diaz from Be Kind Rewind and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) catches Sadie (Nicole Vicius from Hal Nelson) tagging the windows where she works.
She is a quiet, doormat kind of girl, and now she is in the middle of a group of radical women out to change the world.Will the experience change her?
This amid a continual stream of punk, home-movie like shots of girls just having fun, the politics of direct action, and, yes, sex; but only as an exclamation point, not a continual conversation.A "real" lesbian movie that was a real joy from start to finish..
Itty Bitty Titty Committee seems like a gay film for the self-conscious or the quiet homosexuals; a film that they can watch and release their inner-self, yelling at the screen and even going as far as personally siding with the character(s).
However, due to its thin and uncertain nature, this film doesn't appear to have much of a thought as to what direction it wants to go in.
Humanizing the feminists in general or the characters in the film?
These are all discarded while the film attempts to make up its mind.The story concerns Anna (Melonie Diaz), a young woman working at a plastic surgery clinic and has just gone through a rough breakup.
When she meets Sadie (Nicole Vicius), a social activist responsible for the "C(i)A" (aka, "Clits in Action," if you couldn't make out the little text reference.
The C(i)A works in giving the impressionable public a taste of the strength that women possess, yet are forced to repress in a male-dominated culture.
Anna soon becomes consumed in this lifestyle, and her morals and ethics become flipped upside down as her obedient nature is turned into a smarmy, non-conformist personality-change that feeds on ego and narcissistic intentions.There's nothing more disappointing than a film with an idea that results in a missed opportunity, and Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a grand one.
Our lead characters, mainly Sadie, seem less concerned with how others feel and more concerned about their well-being and personal needs.Even the monologues delivered by the members of the C(i)A leave a lot to be desired.
When we're dropped into a world foreign to our "normal" one in films, we'd like to be provided with a little backstory into the setting, time period, and philosophy of the characters.
Consider Red State, Kevin Smith's film that focused on a devoutly religious family that committed atrocities against gays and non-believers.
And they have a talent for swaying Anna with their tactics in only what seems to be a few days.On the bright side of things, director Jamie Babbit (of But I'm a Cheerleader fame) continues to show promise in her career as a director, as do several of the actresses here, and the soundtrack and cinematography were the two primary things keeping me alert and in-tune with the film.
Yet the lack of an introduction on feminism itself, the repetitive state of events, the senseless and absurd ending, and the emptiness of any deeper meaning, Itty Bitty Titty Committee quickly spirals down to the level of forgettable obscurity I'm almost certain it was trying to avoid.Starring: Melonie Diaz, Nicole Vicius, and Melanie Mayron.
I saw the Itty Bitty Titty Committee at a screening and was quite surprised.
Even though I - as a man, may be not the main target group, I really liked the movie.
Director Jamie Babbit makes some very interesting stylistic choices and the camera work is really innovative; that was one reason why I really had fun watching the movie.
Besides this the story is very well developed, it as a nice exposition, and before you even notice you are already a part of Anna's (the protagonist) life and in the middle of the IBTC.
The actresses do a really great job, Melonie Diaz is already established in the independent movie scene and the Itty Bitty Titty Committee shows why - she has found a very sensitive way of interpreting Anna's part and it is amazing watching her playing this girl.
Also to mention are several well-known faces who are also part of the IBTC as Daniela Sea (The L Word) or Carly Pope (Popular).
Moreover I was really impressed of the editing that goes along with great music, that completely hits the atmosphere of the movie.
So to bring this to an end: As a (independent) film lover I was happy to see the Itty Bitty Titty Committee and can only recommend it to everyone who is interested in good movies.
And of course, seeing beautiful women making out is always a reason to see a movie ;-).
I just usually see people killing off all the lesbians in a film (or having them kill off people).
These women were able to talk about all these issues and make it funny.
It's like people don't think lesbians have any other story in them but that one.
Itty Bitty ROCKS!.
I was able to see Itty Bitty Titty Committee at SXSW.
Finally, a gay film that is NOT a coming out story.
The film is totally funny and everyone in it is great.
Great direction by Jamie Babbit, and well produced.
Anyone who reads this should go see this film and spread the word.
Itty Bitty Titty Committee ROCKS!
I promise, you will love this movie!
This film is socially relevant and fun at the same time.
It's pretty much a all woman cast with lots of the "popular" girls in it.
The girls who play Ana and Sadie (the leads) are so pretty and incredible talented.
The best part of the film is the whole thing.
It should be on the best list of lesbian films ever made..
More like feminist horror story..
Here we have an educational feminist propaganda movie dressed as a comedy.
A bunch of no so pretty girls doing not so much real work, they partying a little and doing not so much revolutionary work in not so much funny movie.
I call it both dumb and naive.I happen to live in a former communist country where the REAL feminism was a daily thing.
We have had these really emancipated women who were driving tractors, working in steel mills and doing all possible "male jobs" including serving in military and dying for our country.
Not so romantic and not so pretty in reality.I would recommend to folks who think this is progressive to visit some real place where the women have their revolutionary roles assigned by government like Northern Korea.
It is way different than they think.Some confused folk might think this naive propaganda movie is somewhat inspirational or funny.
I consider this to be a slow and somewhat boring horror movie because I have seen the society where this became a harsh reality.
Something like a funny movie about a bunch of mad outsiders who are mad at the oppression of the society and decide to found an activist group called NSDAP.
The most frustrating aspect of this film is that it had a good premise and could have been something truly powerful for the community.For all of its expression of feminist empowerment, it is utterly amazing that the filmmaker expects the audience to accept that the main character can use and abuse the friendship of the transgender character and be together with the pretty little femme girl, who has a history of using and abusing other women.
That ending completely undercuts many of the themes of the film itself.On top of that, the only characters with any depth at all are those that, interestingly enough, are more stereotypically feminine in their appearance.
I'm sure that someone will point out that this is a comedy, but it should still be consistent in its own logic.Once again, Jamie Babbit has come up with an interesting premise and refused to do it justice..
Where are the actual itty bitty titties on feminine women??
The lead characters have sizable boobs that would be considered "acceptable" by most men and women.
Where were the feminine characters with itty bitty titties??
For a conventionally pretty girl with tits (Melanie Diaz) to start an "Itty Bitty Titty Committee" seems condescending and indulgently self-righteous.
I want to see itty bitty titties for real, and not only on "butch" women.
This movie is not real.
I had high hopes for this film, after loving 'But I'm a Cheerleader', but frankly, I was disappointed.
The relationship between Anna and Sadie was terrible.
I just couldn't bring myself to route for them, because Sadie treated Anna terribly and Anna was better without her, as shown at the end when the plan comes together.
This film would have been better if it focused on the group more as a whole, because it raised some issues that are important, and had more interesting characters in it than Anna and Sadie.Basically, I wouldn't recommend this as a 'must-see' lesbian film, because there are so many that are better.
But it raises some interesting political debates, so as long as you're not too bothered about liking the characters, you should watch it..
Just saw the movie for the first time today.
Europride in Stockholm and a three day short gay/lesbian film festival.
And there it was...Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
And there it was...Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
This film made a lot of people very happy today.
And I strongly recommend this movie for everyone with a sense of humor!.
For all those lesbian-friendly folks, this is a great introduction to the wonderful world of empowered womyn.
I ran into it already playing during a film club meeting.
For something that bills itself as a 'lesbian' movie, you would expect, at the minimum, some feverish finger-blasting or some heated frottage.
If you want to see some really worn out looking women blathering about misogyny (which doesn't even real!) pass this movie up.
Hustler's "No Man's Land: Asian Edition" is the far better lesbian movie you are looking for..
So I will try once more.I mostly enjoyed this engaging story about a small sect of feminists and lesbians who call themselves the C(i)A.
In fact, that really would have made a better title for the film, which was more about the whole of feminism and equality than women altering their bodies to appease some societal standard.
Ana (Melonie Diaz) is a young lesbian trying to get over a recent breakup.
One night, she hears someone spray-painting her building with feminist slogans and tries to call 911, but when the beautiful and enigmatic Sadie (Nicole Vicius) struts up to her, Ana falls in love again, and is quickly swept up into the C(i)A's political demonstrations and takes their message into her heart.
There is nothing wrong with being a lesbian, and there is certainly nothing wrong with being a feminist, but when Ana begins acting bitchy towards her older sister, who is getting married, talking about how marriage is a stupid and useless institution, she is being ugly and inappropriate, hurtful and disrespectful.
Remember, Ana, many people still believe in marriage and want it in their lives, even lesbians and feminists.
The other thing that made me mad was how she used Lauren Mollica's character, Aggie, during a fight with Sadie.
The supporting cast is mainly what makes this film fun and engaging.
I am in lust with Daniela Sea, who plays Calvin, and I love the character Meat (in spite of her being named after a balding guy playing a high school jock in the Porky's movies!), played by Deak Evgenikos.
The could have all sat, smiling, their faces on screens all over the country, saying, "You may not like what we have to say, but we're saying it anyway." A good effort for the most part..
The story line and attitude it brings along with it is very teen and yet it makes you feel happy to be who you are and even dare I say it the movie shows a representation of really just a 'You Only Live Once' vibe yet for me I enjoyed that.
So putting the topics to a summary the movie contains a healthy attitude to body image, a comforting look into the LGBT community and a good explanation and understanding of how society and the government combined can be manipulated against it self and alter the minds of the community.
Fun Film That Actually Explores Some Serious Issues.
This film, which centers around the activities of a clandestine gang of radical feminists who attempt to culture jam patriarchal imagery and a young high-school graduate (Anna) who joins them after being invited by their really attractive leader (Sadie), not only provides a cute storyline (though, obviously not completely realistic), but actually gives an airing to debates that exist within the feminist, queer, and activist communities in the United States.The conflict between more traditional community organizers, activists, and nonprofit leaders (such as Sadie's mainstream feminist girlfriend Courtney) and more radical groups (like the C.I.A.) is explored in the film in a way that's actually fairly level-handed...
while the C.I.A.'s exploits are somewhat glorified, we also get to see the tension some of the characters (like Anna and Courtney) exhibit bridging these two worlds.
Shulamith's queer identity (at the beginning of the movie she dates men before she meets Calvin) provides a sense of diversity in orientations, negating the idea that "straight" and "lesbian" are the only valid identities for women.
The riot grrl soundtrack and references to all different kinds of activism add to a kind of feel-good and playful anarchist vibe that, while it may not change the world, at least gets people thinking while they have some fun.
Because this movie is smart, but doesn't take itself too seriously, I highly recommend it.