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Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
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.
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Cast
- Keke Palmer as Akeelah Anderson
- Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee
- Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch
- J.R. Villarreal as Javier
- Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu
- Sahara Garey as Georgia
- Lee Thompson Young as Devon
- Julito McCullum as Terrence
- Erica Hubbard as Kiana
- Eddie Steeples as Derrick-T
- Dalia Phillips as Ms. Cross
Details
- Director
- Doug Atchison
- Released
- April 28, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions and Out of the Blue... Entertainment
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 366 votes
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