Los Angeles – In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut about a couple torn apart by the Bosnian War, won the Producers Guild of America Stanley Kramer Award Tuesday.
The award recognizes films or individuals who ‘illuminate provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion.’
The film was ‘an extraordinary film that portrays a complex love story set against the terrors of the Bosnian War, especially towards women,’ the guild’s presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon said in a statement. ‘This film truly embraces the legacy of Stanley Kramer.’
In the film, a Serb soldier encounters his former Bosnian lover in a camp he oversees.
‘We are truly privileged to join the ranks of past recipients and to be associated with the great Stanley Kramer,’ said the film’s producers, Jolie, Tim Headington, Graham King and Tim Moore, who were due to accept the award at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 21.
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