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SECRET MALL APARTMENT

  • 2025
  • 1 HR, 31 min
  • MAY 9 → MAY 15
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Released March 26, 2025
United States
1 hour, 31 minutes
MTuckmanMedia
Starring
  • Michael Townsend
  • Colin Bliss
  • Adriana Valdez Young
  • Andrew Oesch
  • Greta Scheing
  • James Mercer
  • Emily Ustach
  • Jay Zehngebot
Director

Jeremy Workman

Film Information

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 2 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 finally, a 750 square foot space that sticks it to the man!

Film Stills

Full Cast
Michael Townsend
Colin Bliss
Adriana Valdez Young
Andrew Oesch
Greta Scheing
James Mercer
Emily Ustach
Jay Zehngebot
Additional Credits
Jeremy Workman Director

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.”

Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com

“At its core, the film offers unique insights into gentrification, consumerism, and the impermanence of art.”

Naina Srivastava
Austin Chronicle

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