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Akeelah and the Bee

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

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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.

  • Release date
  • April 28, 2006
  • Runtime
  • 113 min
  • Genres
  • Drama
  • Director
  • Doug Atchison

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Keke Palmer photo Keke Palmer Akeelah Anderson Laurence Fishburne photo Laurence Fishburne Dr. Larabee Angela Bassett photo Angela Bassett Tanya Anderson Curtis Armstrong photo Curtis Armstrong Mr. Welch J.R. Villarreal photo J.R. Villarreal Javier Sean Michael Afable photo Sean Michael Afable Dylan Chiu Sahara Garey photo Sahara Garey Georgia Lee Thompson Young photo Lee Thompson Young Devon

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