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Secret Mall Apartment

  • WCUW FRONTROOM 910 Main Street Worcester, MA, 01610 United States (map)

In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and kept it going for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret mall apartment became an incredibly meaningful act for all the participants, at once an act of defiance against local gentrification, a boundary-pushing work of public/private art, and a 750 square foot space that sticks it to the man.

"Deliriously entertaining and moving."
–Bilge Ebiri, Vulture

"Fascinating...A delightful, thought-provoking movie that’s about a lot of things at the same time. It’ll make you see the world with fresh eyes."
-Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com

“Impossibly compelling... Has the tension and fun of a crime caper”
Paste Magazine

“Remarkable...A dazzling doc that’s a kiss-off to gentrification.”
The Daily Beast

Earlier Event: April 13
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Later Event: April 19
Secret Mall Apartment