Akeelah and the Bee
Visit website7.1/10 • 340
2006-04-28 • 1h 52m
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.
- Directors
- Doug Atchison
- Writters
- Doug Atchison
- Editors
- Doug Atchison, Glenn Farr
Akeelah and the Bee
Visit website2006-04-28 • 1h 52m
7.1/10 • 340
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.
- Directors
- Doug Atchison
- Writters
- Doug Atchison
- Editors
- Doug Atchison, Glenn Farr
Top Billed Cast
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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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $8,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $18,948,425.00
- Keywords
- based on true storyspellingspelling beefamily dramasingle mothercommunity spiritpre-teenparental abusesouth central los angelesblack communityindependent film