Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

1h 53m · 28 Apr 2006

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

Drama

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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.

Movie ID	5360
Genre	Drama
Director	Doug Atchison
Main cast	Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young
Release date	28 April 2006
Release year	2006
Language	English
Duration	113 min (1h 53m)
Rating	7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Lions Gate Films