This last weekend we painted out the chroma-key green on our walls and floor. The gallery now echoes the mid-80s, when the Pitt moved to 36 Powell Street and the basement was made into a black gallery.

We’re keeping one wall white for upcoming screenings — watch our social media, or add your name to our mailing list, and we’ll keep you updated. But there are a couple of things coming up fast that you should know about:

We’re also screening one of our favourite film noir movies in the monitor in our front window for the next two weeks: The Hitch-Hiker, directed by Ida Lupino. Video runs continuously, with sound playing between 11 and 7 daily. And it’s dark. Very dark. Like our floors.

Posted by:Kay Higgins

Executive Director of UNIT/PITT from 2010 to 2018. Artist, writer, publisher.