Akeelah and the Bee
2NomsDirected by Doug Atchison
Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 28 April 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Director
- Doug Atchison
- Writers
- Doug Atchison
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Box office
- $18,948,425
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Production
- Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
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Cast
Keke PalmerNominated
Laurence Fishburne
Angela Bassett
Curtis Armstrong
J.R. Villarreal
Sean Michael Afable
Sahara Garey
Lee Thompson Young
Julito McCullum
Erica Hubbard