{"id":49721,"date":"2026-08-17T02:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=49721"},"modified":"2026-08-17T02:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:29:25","slug":"octavia-spencer-on-need-to-make-lost-women-of-alaska-still-feel-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=49721","title":{"rendered":"Octavia Spencer On Need To Make \u2018Lost Women Of Alaska\u2019: &#8220;Still Feel Rage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/octavia-spencer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_octavia-spencer\" data-tag=\"octavia-spencer\">Octavia Spencer<\/a> has been following true crime stories since she was just 11 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSpeaking at Deadline\u2019s Contenders: The Nominees Studio, Spencer said, \u201cI think there are a lot of people who are very new to the true crime genre. I\u2019m not, I\u2019ve been studying it. I read a horrible story, a true crime story, when I was 11 and I think it made an indelible mark on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSpencer is Emmy-nominated for narrating the true crime\u00a0<em>Lost Women\u00a0<\/em>docuseries, which gives voice to murdered and disregarded women. She was previously Emmy-nominated for\u00a0<em>Lost Women of Highway 20<\/em>\u00a0and now, with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lost-women-of-alaska\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lost-women-of-alaska\" data-tag=\"lost-women-of-alaska\">Lost Women of Alaska<\/a><\/em>, the producer and narrator tells the story of a series of brutal, underreported crimes against indigenous women in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWatch <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-contenders\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-contenders\" data-tag=\"the-contenders\">the Contenders<\/a> conversation below, and scroll down for more photos from the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe had a brilliant filmmaker in Christina Douglas,\u201d Spencer said, \u201cso I chose to not view the footage as it was being assembled. And I waited until everything was assembled and it was easier then, because the stories were so haunting, but they were also very empowering. So, I was able to imbue the narrative with what I felt that was being portrayed on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/contenders-tv-nominees\/\"><strong>Contenders Television: The Nominees Studio \u2013 Deadline\u2019s Complete Coverage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSpencer had founded production company Orit Entertainment in 2019. She said, \u201cI thought it was the right time for Orit to explore these stories and to try to offer closure. And \u2018closure\u2019 is such a strange word, because when you lose a loved one so violently, when you lose a loved one and you don\u2019t have any idea what happened to them, I doubt that you can get closure. But at least to resolve what happened to some of these women, I felt it was incumbent upon me as a citizen of the world to be a part of that, having that access and allowing the families to have access to resources. And\u00a0<em>Lost Women of Highway<\/em>\u00a020 and now\u00a0<em>of Alaska<\/em>\u00a0is a small means to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSpencer says filmmaker Douglas wanted to very much focus mostly on the women rather than talking about the criminals. \u201cChristina Douglas, our director who also happens to be a woman of indigenous descent, suggested, and we also agree, that maybe we focus on the narrative and not name the criminal as much, but say the names of the women as many times as possible and showcase the family members who were coming forward, and re-engage the narrative to be about the women whose voices were stolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((683\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Octavia Spencer\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=630,420 630w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=60,40 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=352,235 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=110,73 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=285,190 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=320,213 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=640,427 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=800,534 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Octavia-Spencer-Contenders.jpg?resize=1280,854 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Octavia Spencer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Anthony Avellano for Deadline<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn working through the material and preparing to literally give voice to the women with her narration, Spencer said, \u201cI still feel rage because these women were still being targeted and there was a suspect right out there in the open. When we look at Alaska, this man left his home country because he knew that he could go to Alaska and do all of these criminal acts and have less visibility. Think about that. We go on vacation to get away and to think that someone targeted a specific community to commit crimes, and then it was actually bolstered by the fact that the police did not investigate\u2026 There were over 1300 missing women from the indigenous community and very little law enforcement help. There were systemic failures, not only with police department, but within a society that would even allow this to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSpencer hinted that her next installment of the\u00a0<em>Lost Women<\/em>\u00a0series might look at Hollywood. \u201cI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s happening, but we\u2019ll see,\u201d she said. \u201cSadly, there are so many places that we could go, so many women who\u2019ve been harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Octavia Spencer has been following true crime stories since she was just 11 years old. 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