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Akeelah and the Bee

04/28/2006

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1hr 52min

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Drama

Changing the world... one word at a time.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Keke Palmer
  • Laurence Fishburne
  • Angela Bassett
  • Curtis Armstrong
  • J.R. Villarreal

    Directors

  • Rodney Allen Hooks
  • Jan McWilliams

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lions Gate Films
  • 2929 Productions
  • Out of the Blue... Entertainment
  • Starbucks Entertainment
  • Cinema Gypsy Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Keke Palmer

Akeelah Anderson

Laurence Fishburne

Dr. Larabee

Angela Bassett

Tanya Anderson

Curtis Armstrong

Mr. Welch

J.R. Villarreal

Javier

Sean Michael Afable

Dylan Chiu

Sahara Garey

Georgia

Lee Thompson Young

Devon

Julito McCullum

Terrence

Erica Hubbard

Kiana

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