Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
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7.1%
2006-04-28
|Drama
Runtime: 112 minutes
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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Featured Crew
Nancy Hult Ganis
Producer
Doug Atchison
Director
