Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

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.

Date of release
2006-04-28
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (366)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Drama
Director
Doug Atchison

Casting

  • 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
  • Erica Hubbard — Kiana
  • Eddie Steeples — Derrick-T
  • Dalia Phillips — Ms. Cross

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