A free public screening of Secret Mall Apartment (2024), the award winning documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Jeremy Workman (Lily Topples the World, The World Before Your Feet) and executive producer Jesse Eisenberg.

Synopsis: In 2003, eight young Rhode Island artists 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 2 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, and finally, a 750 square foot space that sticks it to the man! Featuring never-before-seen footage of the space and revealing the identities of all the participants for the first time. (Run Time: 1 hr 32 min / Not Rated)

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And on Wednesday, September 30th, you’re invited to an all-ages collaborative art workshop led by Leah Smith and Michael Townsend (featured in the documentary) where we’ll make large scale tape art murals all over the library walls!