SECRET MALL APARTMENT

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In 2003, eight young Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment in a hidden space inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. They snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity and even secretly constructed a brick wall with a locking door, smuggling in over two tons of cinderblock. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants — a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a boundary-pushing work of public/private art and a 750-square-foot space that sticks it to the man. Featuring never-before-seen footage of the space and revealing the identities of all the participants for the first time, SECRET MALL APARTMENT is more than just a bonkers true story. Director Jeremy Workman (LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD) and executive producer Jesse Eisenberg deliver a poignant exploration of a group of artists who discovered their purpose within the most commercial and improbable places. DIR/PROD Jeremy Workman. U.S., 2024, color, 91 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 91 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, May 09, 2025

Genre: Documentary