All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible amongst the rich white flaneurs--and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins and the sales at Camaieu to a Sephora on the Champs-Elysees, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, seek their way as undocumented workers amidst political bickering at the Residence for Students from Cote d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy.
All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible amongst the rich white flaneurs--and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins and the sales at Camaieu to a Sephora on the Champs-Elysees, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, seek their way as undocumented workers amidst political bickering at the Residence for Students from Cote d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy.
