Secret Mall Apartment

Join WJCT Public Media for a special screening of the 2024 documentary, Secret Mall Apartment.

“One of the best movies of 2025 (so far)”
– Vulture

“Dazzling, a kiss-off to gentrification.”
– The Daily Beast

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.

Screening extras: First public screening of featurette on the success of the film. Executive Producer Allen Altman will be on hand to introduce the film, followed by a short Q&A session.

• 6:30 PM – Doors Open
• 7:00 – Film Starts

Tickets $5

Run time: 1 hour 31 minutes
PG-13