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Secret Mall Apartment

Director

Jeremy Workman

Executive Producer

Jesse Eisenberg

Producer

Jeremy Workman

Editors

Paul Murphy, Jeremy Workman

Cinematographers

Michael Lisnet, Dan Kennedy, Jeremy Workman

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, a clubhouse to coordinate their artistic charity, and finally, a 750-square foot space that sticks it to the man.

Post-screening discussion with director Jeremy Workman and film participant Michael Townsend, moderated by Vulture TV Critic Roxana Hadadi.

 

 

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Jeremy Workman

Director, School For Defectors

Jeremy Workman is a documentary filmmaker praised for creating a genre of uniquely cinematic character portraits that take viewers deep inside extraordinary worlds. His documentaries have garnered significant recognition, playing at major film festivals and seeing global releases in theaters, on television, and across streaming platforms.

His acclaimed films include SECRET MALL APARTMENT (streaming on Netflix), LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD (streaming on Max), DECIDING VOTE (streaming on The New Yorker), THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET (streaming on Amazon Prime Video), and MAGICAL UNIVERSE (streaming on AMC+).

His most recent documentary, SCHOOL FOR DEFECTORS, tells the story of a small school in South Korea where all the students are North Korean defectors. He is also at work on his next film, WHIZ-BANG!, a madcap, chain-reaction-filled journey into the world of Rube Goldberg artists.