Octavia Spencer to Be Honored With Outfest’s Ally Award
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOctavia Spencer will receive the James Schamus Ally Award at this year’s edition of LGBTQ film festival Outfest.The announcement comes just after the recent news, first reported by Variety, that the Oscar winner has boarded the documentary “Right to Try” as a producer. The Zeberiah Newman-directed film, which will have its world premiere at Outfest, chronicles casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in a treatment trial to cure him of HIV after living with the virus for more than 30 years.“I am so honored to be recognized with the 2021 Annual James Schamus Ally Award,” Spencer said in a statement Monday morning.