Imagine living rent-free in a mall for four years—hidden in plain sight, just beyond the food court. That’s exactly what a group of artists pulled off in the early 2000s, and 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, as well as having multiple of his films featured 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. Workman will be on hand for a post-screening discussion, offering behind-the-scenes insights into this stranger-than-fiction tale of ingenuity, defiance, and the blurred lines between public and private space.
