Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

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

Movie · Drama · 1h 53m · Rated 7.0/10 on TMDB · Released April 28, 2006

Overview

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.

Directed by Doug Atchison

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

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