SECRET MALL APARTMENT

Directed by Jeremy Workman (LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD, SummerDocs 2021) and executive produced by Jesse Eisenberg, SECRET MALL APARTMENT follows eight Rhode Islanders who surreptitiously created an apartment inside the Providence Place Mall in 2003. Living in it for four years—and filming everything along the way—they snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity, and even constructed a wall, using over 2 tons of cinderblock they smuggled in. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for its inhabitants—a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a clubhouse to coordinate artistic charity, and finally, a 750-square foot "F you" to The Man.