In the early '00s, a group of Rhode Island artists lived in a hidden spot in the bowels of a mall -- for four years.

One of the most popular movies on Netflix right now is a documentary about people hiding in a shopping mall. Secret Mall Apartment puts the movie’s entire premise right in the title, with a plot ...

'Secret Mall Apartment' tells the story of eight artists who created an apartment inside a Providence, R.I., mall ...

“Secret Mall Apartment” delivers on its title. In this straightforward documentary of a wild-eyed tale of transgression and transcendence, a group of art students burrow into the concrete bowels of ...

Secret Mall Apartment both is and isn't about a secret mall apartment. The film makes a charming collective of artists surreptitiously setting up a living space in a mall its hook (and what a helluva ...

In the early 2000s, artist Michael Townsend spotted an unused corridor inside a Rhode Island mall. Townsend and other artist friends moved into the space as a protest of the city's gentrification.

"Secret Mall Apartment" (L-R) Colin Bliss and Greta Scheing in 2005 in their apartment in Providence Place Mall. (Michael Townsend) In 2003, eight young Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment ...

The hit documentary, which enjoyed an exciting run at movie theaters across the country, will begin streaming on Netflix on Jan. 23.