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Secret Mall Apartment

May 23, 2025
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Director
Jeremy Workman
Released
2025
Country
Run Time
1h 31m
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Format
Film
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Secret Mall Apartment

Artist Bio

Director Q&A

Overview

In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there 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 2 tons of cinderblock. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret mall apartment became an incredibly meaningful act for all the participants, at once an act 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. This award-winning documentary, from director Jeremy Workman (THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET) and executive producer Jesse Eisenberg, is a funny, compelling, stranger-than-fiction celebration of creative misadventure and the DIY spirit.

Reviews

"This is a delightful, thought-provoking movie that’s about a lot of things at the same time. It’ll make you see the world with fresh eyes, and probably wonder why there isn’t more art in it."
– ROGEREBERT.COM

"Odd but meaningful, Secret Mall Apartment, is an entertaining documentary about how a group of eight young artists secretly maintained an apartment — from 2003 to 2007 — in a hidden nook in the Providence Place, Rhode Island, shopping center."
– ORIGINAL CIN

"It’s consistently, thoughtfully engaging. And, yes, often very funny in its open-hearted embrace of the DIY spirit, legal or otherwise."
– CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"Secret Mall Apartment makes a compelling case that the project reverberates through the lives of the artists, and maybe even the city, to this day."
‍– NEW YORK TIMES

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Showtimes

Fri
May 23
9:15 pm
Sat
May 24
1:00 pm
Sat
May 24
3:00 pm
Sun
May 25
2:00 pm
Sun
May 25
4:00 pm
Sun
May 25
6:00 pm
Sun
May 25
8:00 pm
Mon
May 26
7:00 pm
Mon
May 26
8:45 pm
Tue
May 27
7:00 pm
Mon
May 26
8:45 pm
Wed
May 28
9:00 pm
Thu
May 29
9:15 pm
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Event Details

• Adults – $12.50
• Older Adults (62+ years old w/ valid ID) – $10.00
• Students & Teachers (w/ valid ID) – $10.00
• Children (12 years old & under) – $10.00
• Military (w/ valid ID) – $10.00
• O Cinema Members – $8.50
(All tickets are available online and at the box office. Prices for special events and select screenings may vary. Please note ticket prices before you complete your purchase. All prices are subject to change without notice.)

All Miami Beach residents get 20% off Adult tickets on the FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH @ O Cinema South Beach! (w/ valid proof of residency)

ALL FILMS START EXACTLY AT THE LISTED TIME, AND ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS, NO EXCHANGES, NO EXCEPTIONS.

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