Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
2006 1h 53m 7Movie
Drama
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.
Cast
Keke PalmerLaurence FishburneAngela BassettCurtis ArmstrongJ.R. VillarrealSean Michael AfableSahara GareyLee Thompson YoungJulito McCullumErica HubbardEddie SteeplesDalia Phillips
