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Secret Mall Apartment
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In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved.
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- jackson3882March 2, 2026If you like hidden gem of a documentary talking about a hidden gem of a location, look no further. Maybe a group of friends just built up a neglected and forgotten space, or maybe it's a reminder that building up the empty space in our own lives, is bountiful when shared with others.
- Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025This is an amusing doc about an art collective of sorts, led by Michael Townsend, that discovered a negative space within the confines of the Providence Place Mall and proceed to gradually build it up into a livable apartment space. I remember hearing about this story on a podcast (probably This American Life), and I was just super curious to finally put a visual to this story. It’s definitely entertaining. The secret mall apartment project functions here as more of a vehicle to bring awareness to the other works that Townsend and his fellows have worked on over the last decades. But there’s a lot of interesting discussion about what Art can be. It doesn’t necessarily be bound by form, function, location, motivation, and perhaps doesn’t even need an audience. There are certainly a lot of layers that can be pulled back on artistic expression, particularly as they attempt to recreate the apartment in a studio space.
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Secret Mall Apartment was released on December 14, 2025.
Secret Mall Apartment was directed by Jeremy Workman.
Secret Mall Apartment has a runtime of 1h 32m.
Secret Mall Apartment was produced by Jeremy Workman.
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved.
The key characters in Secret Mall Apartment are Self (Michael Townsend), Self (Colin Bliss), Self (James J.A. Mercer).
Secret Mall Apartment is rated TV-MA.
Secret Mall Apartment is a Documentary, Crime film.
Secret Mall Apartment has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.