Octavia Spencer's Character in 'The Shape of Water' "Has Some Sense of Power" Despite Being "a Black Woman in 1960" | TIFF 2017

  • 7 years ago
"I've played characters from 1960, women who had little to no agency," Spencer says of her acclaimed work in films like 'The Help' and 'Hidden Figures.'

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