Akeelah and the Bee
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- Runtime
- 112 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Keke Palmer
- Laurence Fishburne
- Angela Bassett
- Curtis Armstrong
- J.R. Villarreal
- Sean Michael Afable
- Sahara Garey
- Lee Thompson Young
- Julito McCullum
- Erica Hubbard
- Eddie Steeples
- Dalia Phillips
- Tzi Ma
- Jeris Poindexter
- Sara Niemietz
- George Hornedo
- Craig Wasson
- Jeff Marlow
- Lee Garlington
- Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
- Sidney Ganis
- Austin Herrera Davis
- Janet Borrus
- Wolfgang Bodison
- Bonita Friedericy
- Lauren Sánchez
- Fay Hauser
- Jack Ong
- Neil Soni
- Tinashe
Director
- Doug Atchison
Producers
- Nancy Hult Ganis
- Laurence Fishburne
- Danny Llewelyn
