Film · 2006

Akeelah and the Bee

Name: Akeelah and the Bee
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-04-28
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal

1h 53mPGDirected by Doug Atchison

Drama

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 PalmerAkeelah Anderson
Laurence FishburneDr. Larabee
Angela BassettTanya Anderson
Curtis ArmstrongMr. Welch
J.R. VillarrealJavier
Sean Michael AfableDylan Chiu
Sahara GareyGeorgia
Lee Thompson YoungDevon
Julito McCullumTerrence
Erica HubbardKiana
Eddie SteeplesDerrick-T
Dalia PhillipsMs. Cross

Details

Director: Doug Atchison
Writer: Doug Atchison
Music: Aaron Zigman
Cinematography: M. David Mullen
Editor: Glenn Farr
Producer: Nancy Hult Ganis, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Llewelyn
Release: April 28, 2006
Runtime: 1h 53m
Rated: PG
Language: English
Studio: Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment
TMDB score: 7.0 / 10 from 368 votes