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Date Posted: 04:24:13 11/29/10 Mon
Bosnian wartime rape victims slam 'ignorant' Jolie
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
SARAJEVO — Bosnian victims of sexual violence during the 1990s war on Monday slammed "ignorant" actress-turned-director Angelina Jolie, who is shooting of a movie about Bosnia that has sparked controversy.
"Angelina Jolie's ignorant attitude towards victims says enough about the scenario and gives us the right to continue having doubts about it," the Women Victims of War (WVW) association said in a letter published Monday
In the letter to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), for which Jolie is a goodwill ambassador, the association said its members were "deeply concerned" over the movie.
Jolie started filming her directorial debut, a love story between a Muslim woman and a Serb man set against the background of Bosnia's 1992-1995 inter-ethnic war, in October in Hungary.
After initial problems with the permission to shoot a part of the movie in Bosnia, due to complaints by victims' associations to local authorities, Jolie eventually had her team film only a few panoramic views earlier this month without being present herself in the Balkan country.
According to the synopsis, the movie is a wartime love story between a Serb guard in a prison camp and a Muslim detainee, his former girlfriend.
It caused controversy in Bosnia when local media reported rumours that the film was the story of a Muslim rape victim who falls in love with her Serb attacker.
Jolie had sent the authorities a copy of the script which her Bosnian production company said did not include any such rape love story.
Jolie said at the time she wanted to meet the associations that had complained about her film to clear up any misunderstandings, but the meeting never took place.
WVW head Bakira Hasecic said Jolie invited the victims to meet her in the Hungarian capital but they refused the invitation.
"Crimes were committed here, in Bosnia, and we want to meet her here," Hasecic told AFP.
The 1992-1995 war between Bosnia's Croats, Muslims and Serbs claimed some 100,000 lives.
Government officials estimate that at least 20,000 mostly Muslim women were raped during the conflict.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iUb3E0uYwuTtZcZzIflr2am3KFgQ?docId=CNG.a95bb30ea4283751b06342aa399dde9a.751
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But,but,but this is a woman who cares so much for those people who have suffered so much in life. *eyeroll* Her true colors come shining thru the evil that lives within her. As for me, I never ever bought what she was selling. She was always transparent in her need to gain attention for herself. *smirk*
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