Akeelah and the Bee

Name: Akeelah and the Bee
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.09
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal

"Changing the world... one word at a time."

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.

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