Years of anti-immigration rhetoric has made us lose touch with our shared humanity. Given the strength of feeling, can a film festival bring humanity back to how we relate to each other as individuals and communities? Our reporter Holly Bootman attended the London Migration Film Festival and shares her reflections on the power of art to shift narratives on the so called 'refugee crisis'. 

Our democracy is in trouble. Communities across the UK are despairing of their decision makers and unable to make change. We need a radical transformation. One that ensures citizens can shape the quality of their life, community, and future.But how we achieve this is subject to fevered debate.Do we reform our existing structures? For example, introducing proportional representation? Do we need new models of democratic decision making, such as citizen assemblies? Or do we simply need to shift power and money into the hands of communities - so that they can win change from the bottom up?Join leading thinkers and doers to debate how we transform democracy and put our communities back at the table.Presented in collaboration with the Civic Power Fund.

Stephen Iliffe’s intimate portraits from the UK’s deaf community range from female vicar to fairground traveller, Quran translator to fashion model.