MUMBAI: PVR cinemas is slated to release three documentaries under the banner of Director‘s Rare. The documentaries are - Fire In Babylon on 21 September, Bom / One Day Ahead Of Democracy to on 9 November and Celluloid Man sometime in December.

All along PVR Cinemas has been releasing independent feature films under Director‘s Rare brand but this is the first time that documentary features are being released under the banner.

Observes, Head of PVR Director‘s Rare Shiladitya Bora, "We at PVR Cinemas believe that there is a space for all kinds of cinema. We have already pushed the envelope by giving mainstream exhibition to indie content. Now we want to take a step forward and treat our audiences with some exceptional documentaries which deserve to be seen.

In the coming weeks we will be releasing some award winning Indian as well as international documentaries under PVR Director‘s Rare banner," he adds.

Fire In Babylon, by Steven Riley charts the ascendancy of the West Indies cricket team throughout the late ‘70s and ‘80s. The film strikes a defiant blow at the forces of the apartheid world, through a game previously reserved for the privileged elite. The film was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary and was a joint-winner of the UNESCO Award at the Jamaica Reggae Film Festival 2011.

Set in a remote village of Malana in the Himalayas Bom / One Day Ahead Of Democracy by Amlan Datta depicts the invasion of modern democracy in this land of harmony, peace and unity, resulting in the destruction of the latter.

Celluloid Man: A Film On P.K. Nair by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur honours the contribution of P K Nair to disseminate film culture in India. Nair was the founder-director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune. His efforts have resulted in a coveted collection of 12,000 films at the NFAI from the start up of 124 films.