Pentimenti Productions

Pentimenti Productions Pentimenti Productions is a not-for-profit arts organization in the city of Chicago, founded in 2010

Pentimenti is now on (username: PentimentiChi) as are all our films, now available to log!4x4: Contemporary Art in Chic...
08/12/2026

Pentimenti is now on (username: PentimentiChi) as are all our films, now available to log!

4x4: Contemporary Art in Chicago | Season 1
🖼️ we are two. (2026)
🖼️ Errol Ortiz: Headspace (2026)
🖼️ Beneath the Surface of the Everyday (2026)
🖼️ I Dreamt of Cornfields, Cottonfields, and Clouds (2026)

✈️ Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea (2023)

🎨Hairy Who and the Chicago Imagists (2014)

and more, including our shorts in collaboration with and restorations of 4 Films by Suzanne Simpson!

Follow our page (PentimentiChi) for updates on streamings and screenings - Link in bio.

Snaps from 3 recent Pentimenti screenings! 🎞️1-3 “The Next Act Is Freedom” at Justice Center 4-6 “Westermann” at Club7...
08/07/2026

Snaps from 3 recent Pentimenti screenings! 🎞️

1-3 “The Next Act Is Freedom” at Justice Center
4-6 “Westermann” at Club
7-9 “4x4: Contemporary Art in Chicago” at

ICYMI, all 3 of these projects are now available to stream online! Links in bio 🍿

07/30/2026

STREAMING NOW on YouTube -- Link in bio!

bit.ly/watch4x4

“I Dreamt of Cowboys, Cottonfields, and Clouds - Bernard Williams” (dir. )

An excavator of American history, painter and sculptor Bernard Williams draws inspiration from seminal, but under-appreciated figures such as Black cowboys, farmers, and a unique female aviator. Taking us on a journey from Chicago to Indiana to Alabama, the film follows Williams as he debuts a public art installation and visits a 90-year-old family friend who informs his work.

07/29/2026

STREAMING FREE on YouTube — Link in bio!

bit.ly/watch4x4

“Errol Ortiz: Headspace” (dir. On The REAL Film)

Despite producing hundreds of paintings over the span of seventy-plus years, Chicago Imagist Errol Ortiz has received too little attention from the wider art world. This observational documentary surveys Ortiz as he works on a new painting from start to finish, while musing on his art school days, the influence of the cityscape, and the challenges of working as an aging artist.

07/24/2026

STREAMING FREE on YouTube — Link in bio!

bit.ly/watch4x4

“we are two.” (dir. cai thomas)

An intimate portrait of artist Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop, whose practice merges the worlds of dance, storytelling, drag, and st******se, as they perform at q***r burlesque clubs, stage THICK: a crumbling freak show, and maintain House of the Lorde, a Black feminist studio & gathering space.

07/15/2026

Pentimenti is thrilled to announce the streaming premiere of “Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea” — Now available to rent or purchase in 2-D via YouTube, Apple TV, Google Play and Amazon.

bit.ly/hcwfilm

Link in bio! ▶️

07/14/2026

STREAMING FREE on YouTube — Link in Bio!
bit.ly/watch4x4

Beneath the Surface of the Everyday (dir. )

An observer of quotidian strangeness, Deb Sokolow creates semi-fictitious drawings and books commenting on architecture, politics, and pop culture. Shot on 16mm and adopting the style of 70s paranoid thrillers, the film traces the evolution of Sokolow’s speculative ethos, detailing a shadowy encounter at McDonald’s and her fixation with Rocky Balboa.

07/03/2026

UPDATE: This screening has unfortunately been postponed. Thank you for your understanding!

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“4x4: Contemporary Art in Chicago” Screens Wednesday, July 8 - 8:00PM !

4 Short Films, 4 Visionary Local Artists:
🎨 Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop x cai thomas
🎨 Errol Ortiz x Erin Babbin & Michael Sullivan
🎨 Deb Sokolow x Alex Morelli
🎨 Bernard Williams x Kevin Shaw

This event is free and open to the public.

06/30/2026

Pentimenti is thrilled to announce “4x4: Contemporary Art in Chicago” | Season 1 is now free to stream on our brand new channel!

URL: bit.ly/watch4x4 or follow the link in bio.

4 Short Films, 4 Visionary Local Artists:
🎨 Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop x cai thomas
🎨 Errol Ortiz x Erin Babbin & Michael Sullivan
🎨 Deb Sokolow x Alex Morelli
🎨 Bernard Williams x Kevin Shaw

There will be more opportunities to catch 4x4 on the big screen — Stay tuned! 🍿

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5020 S Cornell Ave
Chicago, IL
60615

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