Akeelah and the Bee

Directed by Doug Atchison
PG
2006    1h 52mDrama, Family
7.486%81%
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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  • Keke PalmerAkeelah Anderson
  • Laurence FishburneDr. Larabee
  • Angela BassettTanya Anderson
  • Curtis ArmstrongMr. Welch
  • J.R. VillarrealJavier
  • Sean Michael AfableDylan Chiu
  • Sahara GareyGeorgia
  • Lee Thompson YoungDevon
  • Julito McCullumTerrence
  • Erica HubbardKiana
  • Eddie SteeplesDerrick-T
  • Dalia PhillipsMs. Cross
  • Tzi MaMr. Chiu
  • Jeris PoindexterSteve
  • Sara NiemietzPolly
  • George HornedoRoman
  • Craig WassonTed Saunders
  • Jeff MarlowDistrict Judge
  • Lee GarlingtonRegional Judge
  • Katie Kerwin McCrimmonHerself
  • Sidney GanisRegional Pronouncer
  • Austin Herrera DavisCheating Boy
  • Janet BorrusCheating Boy's Mom
  • Wolfgang BodisonAkeelah's Father
  • Bonita FriedericyVolunteer
  • Lauren SánchezReporter
  • Fay HauserWoman on TV
  • Jack OngKorean Grocer
  • Neil SoniRajeev Subramonian
  • TinasheCissi
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