Akeelah and the Bee
"Changing the world... one word at a time."
April 28, 20061h 53m★ 7.1Released
Genres
Drama
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.
Starring
Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable
Directed by
Doug Atchison
Produced by
Nancy Hult Ganis, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Llewelyn
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$18,948,425