Event
Secret Mall Apartment (Regular run)
On Saturday, May 3, we will host a special screening and conversation with director/producer Jeremy Workman, artists Michael Townsend and Umberto Crenca (both who are in the documentary).
On Tuesday, May 6, we will host a special screening and conversation with City of Hartford Director of Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Taneisha Duggan and Head of Development Services Jeff Aucker.
Tickets for both events can be found on this page.
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“Upon first glance, Jeremy Workman’s Secret Mall Apartment tells a bizarre story about artists who created and lived in an apartment in their local mall. But at its core, the film offers unique insights into gentrification, consumerism, and the impermanence of art.” – The Austin Chronicle
100% on Rotten Tomatoes
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Imagine living rent-free in a mall for four years—hidden in plain sight, just beyond the food court. That’s what a group of artists pulled off in the early 2000s. Director Jeremy Workman brings their astonishing true story to the screen in Secret Mall Apartment.
Workman—an Emmy-nominated, Academy Award-shortlisted, SXWS Jury Grand Prize-winning director and filmmaker—has edited multiple Oscar montages and Lifetime Achievements tributes and has featured some of his films on Netflix.
Produced by actor and fellow filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, Secret Mall Apartment chronicles the covert creation of a fully functional living space inside a Rhode Island mall, a subversive experiment in urban squatting and artistic rebellion.
