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    Akeelah and the Bee 2006 POSTER

    Akeelah and the Bee

    2006

    English

    7.4

    ♡ 30

    86%

    81%

    Action

    based on true story

    black people

    Drama

    Family

    family drama

    single mother

    spelling

    spelling bee

    Doug Atchison Doug Atchison Director Keke Palmer Keke Palmer as Akeelah Laurence Fishburne Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee Angela Bassett Angela Bassett as Tanya Bonita Friedericy Bonita Friedericy as Volunteer
    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.
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