"Everything leads to doors that lead to doors that lead to doors that open onto doors that lead to doors . . . everything! This is what makes us a species in perpetual migration."

Paris, summer 1996. A procession of Africans are in search of a place to defend their rights. When their Senegalese spokesperson suggests they occupy Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle, the fight can begin.

Daily life is recounted from inside, where the occupation leads to a hunger strike, seizing the attention of an entire country and placing a new category of citizens--the undocumented (les sans-papiers)--at the heart of the national debate.

Written as an oral history, and attuned to the musicality of diverse languages and dialects, GauZ' reanimates this powerful story based on true events, paying homage to a mosaic of immigrants who believed, despite everything they endured, in the promise and potential of France.