Akeelah and the Bee
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Year: 2006
Genre: Drama
Studio: Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
Director: Doug Atchison
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable
Crew: Doug Atchison (Writer), Doug Atchison (Director), Nancy Hult Ganis (Producer), Cheryl Cravedi (Set Costumer), Saeed Adyani (Still Photographer), Jaki Brown (Casting)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Release: Apr 28, 2006
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 330 users
Popularity: 16
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 8
Revenue: 18
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