Akeelah and the Bee
Doug Atchison | United States of America
April 28, 2006 | 112m
Changing the world... one word at a time.
Drama
Overview:
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.
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| Keke Palmer | Akeelah Anderson |
| Laurence Fishburne | Dr. Larabee |
| Angela Bassett | Tanya Anderson |
| Curtis Armstrong | Mr. Welch |
| J.R. Villarreal | Javier |
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