An evening of film, photography, radio, theatre and debate on how the movement of people is shaping our city. Stories of arrival, belonging, struggle and longing that prompt us to reflect on what it takes to be an open and inclusive city, told by some of our favourite artists, writers and activists.



With the participation of:

Alia Syed, experimental filmmaker and artist. Alia's work proposes an ongoing investigation of the nature and role of language in intercultural communication, with a focus on borders and boundaries, translation and the trans-cultured self.

Kavita Puri, Editor, BBC Our World. Presenter of BBC Radio 4's award-winning series Three Pounds in My Pocket, that tells the stories of the pioneering migrants who came to Britain from the Indian subcontinent in the 1950s and 1960s.

Anthony Lam, a photographic artist whose work examines and explores notions and (un)realities of boundaries and borders.

Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, reporter and writer that exposes the impact of government policy on ordinary lives. Writer in residence Lacuna Magazine, shortlisted for the George Orwell Prize for Politcal Writing 2012 & 2015.

Amina Gichinga, Music educator and community activist with Take Back the City, former City & East London Assembly Take Back our City candidate.

Ben Gidley, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychosocial Studies, University of Birbeck. Ben's ethnographic research focuses on the question of how we live together with difference in urban settings. (TBC)


Inua Ellams,  award winning poet, playwright and performer. Identity, displacement and destiny are recurring themes in his work.


Wed 14th September 2016, 18.30 - 20.30 at Autograph ABP
Public programme developed in partnership with Migrants Rights NetworkAlina Müller and Autograph ABP.