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Movie | Akeelah and the Bee

28 April 2006 · 1 h 53 min

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Drama

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 finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Directed by

Doug Atchison

Written by

Doug Atchison

Music

Aaron Zigman

Cast

Keke Palmer Laurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Curtis Armstrong J.R. Villarreal Sean Michael Afable Sahara Garey Lee Thompson Young Julito McCullum Erica Hubbard Eddie Steeples Dalia Phillips Tzi Ma Jeris Poindexter Sara Niemietz George Hornedo Craig Wasson Jeff Marlow Lee Garlington Katie Kerwin McCrimmon Sidney Ganis Austin Herrera Davis Janet Borrus Wolfgang Bodison Bonita Friedericy Lauren Sánchez Bezos Fay Hauser Jack Ong Neil Soni Tinashe