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May 10, 2022

Sodium Sulfate Market Size to Grow by 1427.55 thousand units| 54{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} of the growth to originate from APAC| Technavio

Product – Synthetic sodium sulfate and natural sodium sulfate
Application – Detergent, glass, pulp and paper, and others
Geography – APAC, Europe, North America, MEA, and South America

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Vendor Insights

The Sodium Sulfate Market is fragmented and the vendors are deploying various organic and inorganic growth strategies to compete in the market.

The growing competition in the market is compelling vendors to adopt various growth strategies such as promotional activities and spending on advertisements to improve the visibility of their services. Some vendors are also adopting inorganic growth strategies such as M&As to remain competitive in the market. 

The report analyzes the market’s competitive landscape and offers information on several market vendors, including:

Akamai Technologies Inc.
Appgate
Broadcom Inc.
CERTES NETWORKS INC.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Cyxtera Technologies Inc.
Dell Technologies Inc.
DH2i Co.
Fortinet Inc.
IllumioÂ Inc.
Intel Corp.
Ivanti Inc.
Juniper Networks Inc.
Okta Inc.
Palo Alto Networks Inc.
Perimeter 81 Ltd.
Safe-T
Verizon Communications Inc.
Cato Networks Ltd.
Cisco Systems Inc.

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Geographical Market Analysis

APAC will account for 54 percent of market growth. The sodium sulphate market in APAC is dominated by China, Japan, and Mexico. The market in this region will increase at a quicker rate than the market in other regions.

Sodium sulphate market expansion in APAC would be aided by increase in the construction and textile sectors over the forecast period.

Furthermore, countries such as China, US, Spain, Russian Federation, Japan, and Mexico are expected to emerge as prominent markets for the Sodium Sulfate Market during the forecast period.

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Key Segment Analysis

The synthetic sodium sulphate sector will gain a considerable proportion of the sodium sulphate market. Sodium sulphate is a low-cost, essential ingredient in the production of powder detergents. It’s a material with a neutral pH that dissolves easily in warm water. It functions as a desiccant. Sodium sulphate prevents clump formation in powder detergents by attaching to numerous molecules of water to produce hydrates.

Furthermore, as people’s awareness of health and hygiene has grown, powder detergents have become more widely used around the world. The need for detergents is being driven by a growing population in emerging countries like India and China, as well as an increased awareness of hygiene.

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Product News and Insights

Alkim Alkali Kimya – Under the brand name Alkim, the company sells sodium sulphate that is free of heavy elements including arsenic, lead, zinc, and chrome, which are found in sulphate made by chemical processes, as well as hazardous minerals.

CGC SAMCA – Under the brand name Minera de Santa Marta, the company sells sodium sulphate, which is an excellent filler and diluent because it is noncorrosive, neutral, and inexpensive.

Cooper Natural Resources Inc – Under the Cooper Natural Resources brand, the company sells sodium sulphate, which is used as a fining agent to eliminate microscopic air bubbles from molten glass.

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Industrial and Institutional Cleaners Market by Product and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026

Sodium Sulfate Market Scope
Report Coverage	Details
Page number	120
Base year	2021
Forecast period	2022-2026
Growth momentum & CAGR	Accelerate at a CAGR of 2.02{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48}
Market growth 2022-2026	1427.55 th units
Market structure	Fragmented
YoY growth ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})	1.33
Regional analysis	APAC, Europe, North America, MEA, and South America
Performing market contribution	APAC at 54{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48}
Key consumer countries	China, US, Spain, Russian Federation, Japan, and Mexico
Competitive landscape	Leading companies, Competitive strategies, Consumer engagement scope
Key companies profiled	Alkim Alkali Kimya, Bhagwati Chemicals, CGC SAMCA, Cooper Natural Resources Inc, Cordenka GmbH and Co. KG, Elementis Plc, Grupo Industrial Crimidesa SL, Krishna Chemicals, Lenzing AG, and Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd.
Market dynamics	Parent market analysis, Market growth inducers and obstacles, Fast-growing and slow-growing segment analysis, COVID 19 impact and recovery analysis and future consumer dynamics, Market condition analysis for forecast period
Customization purview	If our report has not included the data that you are looking for, you can reach out to our analysts and get segments customized.

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Market Overview

Exhibit 01: Key Finding 1

Exhibit 02: Key Finding 1

Exhibit 03: Key Finding 2

Exhibit 04: Key Finding 3

Exhibit 05: Key Finding 4

Exhibit 06: Key Finding 5

Exhibit 07: Key Finding 5

Exhibit 08: Key Finding 6

2. Market Landscape

2.1 Market ecosystem

Exhibit 09: Parent market

Exhibit 10: Market characteristics

2.2 Value chain analysis

Exhibit 11: Value chain analysis: Commodity Chemicals

3. Market Sizing

3.1 Market segment analysis

Exhibit 12: Market segments

3.2 Market size 2021

3.3 Market definition

Exhibit 13: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition

3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2021 – 2026

Exhibit 14: Global – Market size and forecast 2021 – 2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 15: Global market: Year-over-year growth 2021 – 2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

4. Five Forces Analysis

4.1 Five Forces Summary

Exhibit 16: Five forces analysis 2021 & 2026

4.2 Bargaining power of buyers

Exhibit 17: Bargaining power of buyers

4.3 Bargaining power of suppliers

Exhibit 18: Bargaining power of suppliers

4.4 Threat of new entrants

Exhibit 19: Threat of new entrants

4.5 Threat of substitutes

Exhibit 20: Threat of substitutes

4.6 Threat of rivalry

Exhibit 21: Threat of rivalry

4.7 Market condition

Exhibit 22: Market condition – Five forces 2021

5 Market Segmentation by Product

5.1 Market segments

Exhibit 23: Product – Market share 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

5.2 Comparison by Product

Exhibit 24: Comparison by Product

5.3 Synthetic sodium sulfate – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 25: Synthetic sodium sulfate – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 26: Synthetic sodium sulfate – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

5.4 Natural sodium sulfate – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 27: Natural sodium sulfate – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 28: Natural sodium sulfate – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

5.5 Market opportunity by Product

Exhibit 29: Market opportunity by Product

6 Market Segmentation by Application

6.1 Market segments

Exhibit 30: Application – Market share 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

6.2 Comparison by Application

Exhibit 31: Comparison by Application

6.3 Detergent – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 32: Detergent – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 33: Detergent – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

6.4 Glass – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 34: Glass – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 35: Glass – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

6.5 Pulp and paper – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 36: Pulp and paper – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 37: Pulp and paper – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

6.6 Others – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 38: Others – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 39: Others – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

6.7 Market opportunity by Application

Exhibit 40: Market opportunity by Application

7. Customer landscape

7.1 Overview

Technavio’s customer landscape matrix comparing Drivers or price sensitivity, Adoption lifecycle, importance in customer price basket, Adoption rate and Key purchase criteria

Exhibit 41: Customer landscape

8. Geographic Landscape

8.1 Geographic segmentation

Exhibit 42: Market share by geography 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

8.2 Geographic comparison

Exhibit 43: Geographic comparison

8.3 APAC – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 44: APAC – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 45: APAC – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

8.4 Europe – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 46: Europe – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 47: Europe – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

8.5 North America – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 48: North America – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 49: North America – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

8.6 MEA – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 50: MEA – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 51: MEA – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

8.7 South America – Market size and forecast 2021-2026

Exhibit 52: South America – Market size and forecast 2021-2026 (thousand tons)

Exhibit 53: South America – Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 ({6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48})

8.8 Key leading countries

Exhibit 54: Key leading countries

8.9 Market opportunity by geography

Exhibit 55: Market opportunity by geography ($ billion)

9. Drivers, Challenges, and Trends

9.1 Market drivers

9.1.1 Growing demand for sodium sulfate in China

9.1.2 Sodium sulfate is recognized as safe for use in food packaging

9.1.3 Increasing demand for sodium sulfate in the glass manufacturing industry

9.2 Market challenges

9.2.1 Increasing substitute for sodium sulfate

9.2.2 Growing demand for liquid detergents

9.2.3 Side effects of sodium sulfate

Exhibit 56: Impact of drivers and challenges

9.3 Market trends

9.3.1 Growth in demand as a dyeing agent in the textile industry

9.3.2 Increase in zinc production

9.3.3 Rise in construction activities

10. Vendor Landscape

10.1 Overview

Exhibit 57: Vendor landscape

The potential for the disruption of the market landscape was moderate in 2020, and its threat is expected to remain unchanged by 2025.

10.2 Landscape disruption

Exhibit 58: Landscape disruption

Exhibit 59: Industry risks

11. Vendor Analysis

11.1 Vendors covered

Exhibit 60: Vendors covered

11.2 Market positioning of vendors

Exhibit 61: ?Market positioning of vendors?

11.3 Alkim Alkali Kimya

Exhibit 62: Alkim Alkali Kimya – Overview

Exhibit 63: Alkim Alkali Kimya – Business segments

Exhibit 64: Alkim Alkali Kimya – Key offerings

Exhibit 65: Alkim Alkali Kimya – Segment focus

11.4 Bhagwati Chemicals

Exhibit 66: Bhagwati Chemicals – Overview

Exhibit 67: Bhagwati Chemicals – Product and service

Exhibit 68: Bhagwati Chemicals – Key offerings

11.5 CGC SAMCA

Exhibit 69: CGC SAMCA – Overview

Exhibit 70: CGC SAMCA – Product and service

Exhibit 71: CGC SAMCA – Key offerings

11.6 Cooper Natural Resources Inc

Exhibit 72: Cooper Natural Resources Inc – Overview

Exhibit 73: Cooper Natural Resources Inc – Product and service

Exhibit 74: Cooper Natural Resources Inc – Key offerings

11.7 Cordenka GmbH and Co. KG

Exhibit 75: Cordenka GmbH and Co. KG – Overview

Exhibit 76: Cordenka GmbH and Co. KG – Product and service

Exhibit 77: Cordenka GmbH and Co. KG – Key offerings

11.8 Elementis Plc

Exhibit 78: Elementis Plc – Overview

Exhibit 79: Elementis Plc – Business segments

Exhibit 80: Elementis Plc – Key offerings

Exhibit 81: Elementis Plc – Segment focus

11.9 Grupo Industrial Crimidesa SL

Exhibit 82: Grupo Industrial Crimidesa SL – Overview

Exhibit 83: Grupo Industrial Crimidesa SL – Product and service

Exhibit 84: Grupo Industrial Crimidesa SL – Key offerings

11.10 Krishna Chemicals

Exhibit 85: Krishna Chemicals – Overview

Exhibit 86: Krishna Chemicals – Product and service

Exhibit 87: Krishna Chemicals – Key offerings

11.11 Lenzing AG

Exhibit 88: Lenzing AG – Overview

Exhibit 89: Lenzing AG – Business segments

Exhibit 90: Lenzing AG – Key offerings

11.12 Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd.

Exhibit 91: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. – Overview

Exhibit 92: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. – Product and service

Exhibit 93: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. – Key offerings

Exhibit 94: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. – Key customers

Exhibit 95: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. – Segment focus

12. Appendix

12.1 Scope of the report

12.1.1 Market definition

12.1.2 Objectives

12.1.3 Notes and Caveats

12.2 Currency conversion rates for US$

Exhibit 96: Currency conversion rates for US$

12.3 Research Methodology

Exhibit 97: Research Methodology

Exhibit 98: Validation techniques employed for market sizing

Exhibit 99: Information sources

12.4 List of abbreviations

Exhibit 100: List of abbreviations

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May 9, 2022

BAMcinemaFest Announces 2022 Program | Filmmaker Magazine

Alma’s Rainbow (Photo: Milestone Films)

BAMcinemaFest, which is returning with an in-person event June 23 – 30 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, announced today the complete 2022 edition slate. The film opens with Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s Aftershock, a documentary about the the ways in which the US maternal health system fails Black women and families, and it closes with Ramin Bahrani’s Sundance premiere, 2nd Chance, a portrait of Richard Davis, who invented the modern bulletproof vest while being something of an independent filmmaker and fabulist. Among the restorations are Ayoka Chenzira’s 1993 first feature film, the coming-of-age dramatic comedy Alma’s Rainbow, about a group of middle-class Black women in Brooklyn.

Tickets go on sale May 10, and for more information, visit BAM here at the link. The complete selection follows.

Aftershock (2022) Dirs. Paula Eiselt & Tonya Lewis Lee. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee follow Gibson’s and Isaac’s bereaved partners as they fight for justice and build communities of support with other surviving Black fathers. Aftershock shines a light on the world of gynecology—one that has a long-standing history of exploiting and neglecting Black women in America—while simultaneously uplifting the families, activists, and birth workers who are striving to bring change. From Onyx Collective and ABC News, the film will stream on Hulu domestically later this Summer. 86min. Thu, Jun 23 at 7pm.

Chee$e (2022) Dir. Damian Marcano. Damian Marcano’s award-winning breakout debut follows Skimma, a young Trinidadian man whose dreams of leaving his remote island village to explore the world are dashed when he becomes a father and needs money. Inspired by a local cheesemaker, he decides to store weed inside cheese—and sell it. 105min. Fri, June 24 at 6:45pm.

Ferny & Luca (2021) Dir. Andrew Infante. With Leonidas Ocampo, Lauren Kelisha Muller. Winner of the Craig Brewer Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Indie Memphis Film Festival, Ferny and Luca is a Gen Z rom-com set in Brooklyn. The stylish, lo-fi film follows the hot and cold relationship of Ferny, a sweet and naive pretty boy, and Luca, a rough-and-tumble disco queen, who is more concerned with chasing her dreams than chasing boys… mostly. Filled with the rhythms of young life in pandemic-era New York, Andrew Infante’s film is a joyous city symphony on the struggles of 21st century NYC. 70min. Fri, June 24 at 9:30pm.

When There Was Water (2022) Dir. Nicole Otero. A lyrical exploration of family, loss, connection, and nature. 15min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 1. Sat, June 25 at 1:30pm.

The Feeling of Being Close to You (2022) Dir. Ash Goh Hua. This autobiographical film documents an attempt at healing the trauma of touch between mother and child, as the filmmaker and their mother talk openly for the first time about the intergenerational trauma and abuse within their lives. Present day phone conversations are juxtaposed with archival VHS footage, creating a connection between the past and a re-write for the future. 12min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 1. Sat, June 25 at 1:30pm.

Portal (2022) Dir. Rodney Evans. During the pandemic, two queer BIPOC friends sustain each other through communication and connection in this short non-fiction film about the lack of touch for single people catalyzed by Covid-19. 12min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 1. Sat, June 25 at 1:30pm.

When It’s Good, It’s Good (2022) Dir. Alejandra Vasquez. When she returns to rural West Texas to document the effects of the boom-and-bust nature of the oil industry on her hometown, the filmmaker unexpectedly captures the political transformation that takes place in her family over five years and two election cycles. 16min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 1. Sat, June 25 at 1:30pm.

Winn (2022) Dirs. Joseph East & Erica Tanamachi. A formerly incarcerated woman becomes an activist and fights to legally end the shackling of incarcerated pregnant people in Georgia. 17min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 1. Sat, June 25 at 1:30pm.

100 Ways to Touch the Border (2022) Dir. Amber Bemak. A daring, self-reflexive documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicano performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s 40-year career of radical artistic practice alongside his troupe La Pocha Nostra. At a time when the mainstream media is filled with stories about the US–Mexico border, this documentary presents the work and philosophical frameworks of an artist with a sustained dedication to highly impactful, innovative artistic interventions on that border. Including archival footage from his performances at BAM in the 90s, Gómez-Peña enacts his artistic interventions by “queering the border”—claiming all borders as queer and liminal spaces. World Premiere! 84min. Sat, June 25 at 4:15pm.

The Unknown Country (2022) Dir. Morissa Maltz. With Lily Gladstone. In this narrative/documentary hybrid, Lily Gladstone (Certain Women) stars as Tana, a grieving woman who starts an unexpected road trip from the Midwest to the Texas-Mexico border to reunite with her estranged Oglala Lakota family. Navigating a surreal natural landscape, as well as a complex post-2016 social climate, she meets familiar faces and strangers along the way as “human exchanges imbue a subtle sense of lyricism into the habitual” (Indiewire). At times at ease, at times on edge, Tana grapples with the pain of her recent loss and seeks to understand her place in the world. 85min. Sat, June 25 at 6:45pm.

Actual People (2021) Dir. Kit Zauhar. With Zauhar, Scott Albrecht, Vivian Zauhar. On the precipice of her college graduation, Riley is frantically searching for connection. Jealous of the job offers her classmates are receiving—and desperate to regain control of something—she decides to win the affections of a boy from her hometown of Philadelphia. An exciting, honest film by and about a young woman of color, Kit Zauhar’s feature debut captures Gen Z’s anxieties and hopes as they are launched into adulthood. 84min. Sat, June 25 at 9:15pm

Shut Up and Paint (2022) Dirs. Titus Kaphar & Alex Mallis. Winner of the Best Short prize at the 2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Shut Up and Paint follows the painter Titus Kaphas as he turns to film when the art world tries to silence his voice. 20min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 2. Sun, June 26 at 1:30pm.

The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms (2022) Dirs. Eloise Sherrid & Lauryn Welch. This magical-realist documentary collaboration between Samuel Geiger, director Eloise Sherrid, and the painter Lauryn Welch is a window into Geiger’s experience living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a painful connective tissue disorder that limits his mobility and functionality. 10min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 2. Sun, June 26 at 1:30pm.

Swerve (2022) Dir. Lynne Sachs. With poetry by Paolo Javier. A food market and playground in Queens, NY becomes the site for this film inspired by Paolo Javier’s Original Brown Boy poems. The film itself transforms into an ars poetica/cinematica—a meditation on writing and making images in the liminal space between a global pandemic and what might come next—as five New York City performers speak in verse while wandering through food stalls in search of a new sensation. World Premiere! 8min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 2. Sun, June 26 at 1:30pm.

ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (Udeyonv) (What They’ve Been Taught) (2022) Dir. Brit Hensel. Filmed on the Qualla Boundary and Cherokee Nation, ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (Udeyonv) (What They’ve Been Taught) explores expressions of reciprocity in the Cherokee world, brought to life by an elder and a first language speaker. Premiering at Sundance, the documentary circles the intersection of tradition, language, land, and a commitment to maintaining balance. 9min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 2. Sun, June 26 at 1:30pm.

The Fire This Time (2022) Dir. Mariam Ghani. Ghani traces the connection between epidemics and social upheaval from the 1800s to the present. 26min. Part of BAMcinemaFest Shorts Program 2. Sun, June 26 at 1:30pm.

Sirens (2022) Dir. Rita Baghdadi. This “utterly charming” (Hollywood Reporter) documentary by young Moroccan-American filmmaker Rita Baghdadi follows the first and only (to date) all-woman metal band in the Middle East. Amid a backdrop of political unrest and the heartbreaking unraveling of Beirut, the five-member band Slave to Sirens grapples with tenderness, friendship, and sexuality. Acting as director, producer, and cinematographer, Baghdadi’s singular vision is gentle yet emotionally powerful, offering a vision of light through darkness—and thrash metal. 78min. Sun, June 26 at 4:15pm.

Nothing Lasts Forever (2022) Dir. Jason Kohn. Director Jason Kohn pushes the documentary into thriller territory as he pulls back the veil on the secretive world of the diamond industry. Witnesses turn into antagonists as he leads us through trade fairs, mines, laboratories, and conventions in the US, Africa, China, and India. Hailed by Variety as “the rare documentary that transforms the way we understand the world,” Nothing Lasts Forever invites us into a labyrinth where illusions and reality merge, authenticity and imagination overlap, and questions arise about the value we place on the goods around us. 87min. Sun, June 26 at 6:45pm.

Crows Are White (2022) Dir. Ahsen Nadeem. For over a thousand years, a secretive Buddhist sect has lived in an isolated monastery in Japan performing acts of extreme physical endurance in their pursuit of enlightenment. A filmmaker, struggling to reconcile his desires with his faith, sets off to the strict monastery in search of answers. When he arrives, his presence is not welcomed and the only monk who will speak with him is an outcast who prefers ice cream and Slayer to meditation. Together they forge an unlikely friendship that leads them to higher truths and, occasionally, a little trouble. Shot over five years on three continents, Crows Are White is an exploration of truth, faith and love, from the top of a mountain to the bottom of a sundae. 97min. Sun, June 26 at 9:15pm.

Alma’s Rainbow (1993) Dir. Ayoka Chenzira. With Victoria Gabrielle Platt, Kim Weston-Moran, Mizan Kirby. Known for her socially conscious films that challenge stereotypes about Black culture, Ayoka Chenzira’s first feature film is a coming-of-age dramedy that highlights a group of middle-class Black women living in Brooklyn. As Rainbow (Platt) enters womanhood and navigates her own experiences around beauty standards, self-image, and the rights of Black women over their own bodies, her pragmatic mother Alma Gold (Weston-Moran) and free-spirited aunt Ruby Gold (Kirby) disagree on the “proper” direction for Rainbow’s life. In this multi-layered Black woman’s world, Rainbow, Alma, and Ruby wrestle with love and what it means to exert and exercise their own agency. New Restoration! 90min. Screening with Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People. Mon, Jun 27 at 7pm.

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People (1984) Dir. Ayoka Chenzira. In this satirical short, Chenzira utilizes mixed media and animation to unpack the stereotypes associated with Black hair while critiquing the limits of the European beauty standard. She draws attention to the physical pain Black women endure to straighten their hair, and the emotional pain that comes as a result of the pressure to conform. New Restoration! 10min. Screening with Alma’s Rainbow. Mon, Jun 27 at 7pm.

Free Chol Soo Lee (2022) Dirs. Julie Ha & Eugene Yi. Eugene Yi and Julie Ha spotlight the pivotal, yet under-told story of Chol Soo Lee. In 1973, Lee was wrongfully arrested and convicted for the murder of a local gang leader shot in San Francisco’s Chinatown. He was sentenced to life in prison based on the eyewitness accounts of white tourists, and spent years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The reporter’s investigation galvanized an unprecedented pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists. 83min. Tue, June 28 at 7pm.

Happer’s Comet (2022) Dir. Tyler Taormina. Filmed on the weekends across four months during 2020, Tyler Taormina cast his own Long Island family and neighbors in the delicate cinematic meditation on late-night life, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Taormina takes the audience through the nightly routines of suburban residents as they clean their offices, meet their lovers, apply make-up before going out, and rollerblade around town. Dreamlike, gentle, and strangely ominous, this sensory series of vignettes “is a hypnotic ode to the night owl” (The Film Stage). 62min. Screening with The Last Days of August. Wed, June 29 at 7pm.

The Last Days of August (2022) Dirs. Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian. Two of the most distinctive filmmakers working today, longtime collaborators Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian use a photo book aesthetic to explore prairie towns in Nebraska that have been devastated by the internet boom. While meditating on the longing for permanence, The Last Days of August asks: do miracles really happen? 13min. Screening with Happer’s Comet. Wed, June 29 at 7pm.

2nd Chance (2022) Dir. Ramin Bahrani. Hailed by Roger Ebert as “the new great American director,” Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop, White Tiger) has not made a documentary—until now. Coming off of successful showings at SXSW and Sundance, 2nd Chance chronicles the life of bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis who invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. Shooting himself 192 times to prove its effectiveness and advertising his new invention with a barrage of self-made promo films, Davis earned celebrity status among gun owners and law enforcement. But the death of a police officer wearing his vest catalyzes Davis’s fall, revealing a man full of contradictions cultivated over decades of reckless lies. In this gripping documentary, Bahrani lays bare the complexities of one man’s supposed virtue while speaking to the nature of power and impunity in America. 89min. Thu, June 30 at 7pm.

May 7, 2022

Many UK protected areas are failing to deliver benefits for nature, according to new report

Posted on 22 April 2022

Many of the UK’s secured locations are not providing for nature and are in poor ecological issue, a new report has identified.

The British Ecological Modern society report, which contains assessment by Professor Jane Hill and Dr Charles Cunningham from the University of York, warns that the government’s pledge to protect 30{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} of land and sea by 2030 will fall short if we really don’t make radical and transformative improvements to how secured locations assistance mother nature to recover.

Nationwide Parks, Regions of Fantastic Purely natural Splendor and other protected parts now make up 27{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48} of Uk land. Having said that, the report finds that the proportion of land that is successfully protected for character could be as lower as 5{6d6906d986cb38e604952ede6d65f3d49470e23f1a526661621333fa74363c48}.

Several secured landscapes, these kinds of as Countrywide Parks, do not specifically prioritise biodiversity and were not established or funded to do so. The report recommends that these places really should not be provided in the ‘30×30’ concentrate on in their existing state.

Opportunity

Professor Jane Hill, from the Department of Biology, reported: “The evidence is that most protected landscapes are not offering for character and only a lower share are in fantastic ecological condition. Having said that, simply because there is existing governance in spot handling these landscapes, they have fantastic potential to be tailored to strengthen how they supply for mother nature.

“With the right assistance and willingness, nature can get well and prosper in almost any landscape. If the aims of guarded landscapes like Nationwide Parks and Parts of Fantastic Natural Natural beauty can be reformed to guarantee that they supply for mother nature in the extensive-expression, they could then count towards the ‘30×30’ goal.”

For guarded parts to provide for character and be incorporated in the ‘30×30’ concentrate on, the report recommends the next criteria:

Protected places must be managed to produce for mother nature in the extensive expression, employing evidence-based mostly ways.
Shielded areas really should have productive governance to handle pressures these types of as local weather adjust, pollution, and harming fishing pursuits.
Have checking in area that informs the very long-time period administration of safeguarded places so that they fulfill conservation ambitions. This will demand considerable and sustained funding and resourcing.
Protected spots must be inclusive to profit community individuals and guarantee obtain-in. The governance of safeguarded locations must entail community communities in partnership with landowners, NGOs, scientists, authorities organizations, and other stakeholders.

Long term

Guide author of the report, Dr Joseph Bailey from York St John University said: “Designating an place of land or sea does not routinely make it an effective guarded area. Designation is simply just the first stage in a very long approach to ensuring that lengthy-time period ecological positive aspects are delivered for character and folks. To be helpful, a guarded area requires ample implementation, enforcement, checking, and long-time period defense.”

Dr Bailey added: “The 30×30 focus on provides these types of a excellent possibility that we simply cannot enable it move us by, in particular in the experience of a changing ecosystem and a long term in which we will need resilient ecosystems.”

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May 6, 2022

Havant’s arts centre hosts exhibition exploring ‘wilderness’ of landscapes where nature and urbanisation meet

Andrew Hardwick’s exhibition ‘Forgotten Land’ is currently on exhibit at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre.

It attributes a number of huge scale, blended media paintings which depict ships, factories, warehouses, and storage compounds, frequently alongside pure wastelands.

Bristol-primarily based Andrew is effective from his studio, which is two fields absent from the docks wherever the River Severn operates into the sea.

Winter, Ghost Ship, Snow Storm, by Andrew Hardwick.

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His perform aims to seize the ‘wilderness’ of this location, examining the contrast amongst the overgrown organic landscape and the advancement of industry and housing estates.

Andrew stated: ‘I do large, textured function and it is about regions all over the docks.

‘I’m interested in the notion of wilderness and designed up regions.’

Orange Sky and Ship, by Andrew Hardwick

The artist feels that these portraits of the Bristol landscape – a lot of of which ended up designed around the previous 12 months – have a lot in frequent with Portsmouth as an additional place wherever organic progress satisfies concrete and tarmac.

Andrew added: ‘It’s very substantially an industrial spot – it is a effective location with the sea.’

His artistic system entails layering of paint and other products, and scraping into the levels to build the graphic he would like – occasionally generating an ‘aged and weathered’ seem, Andrew reported.

Typically incorporating a shiny burst of orange or pink in an normally muted or dark colour palette, Andrew states he employs an ‘intuitive’ use of color in his painting.

Andrew Hardwick future to one of his paintings at the exhibition.

He additional: ‘Some paintings want to be manufactured, and some really do not, this means they acquire months.’

A recurring topic in the exhibition is that of the ‘ghost ship’ leaving the docks and heading out to sea.

Andrew mentioned these photos are based mostly on his experience seeing the ships sail out close to his residence: ‘When the ships head out of the docks, they head into the sunlight and merge into the solar. It is very a non secular issue.’