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Akeelah and the Bee

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

2006 · PG · 1h 53m

Directed by Doug Atchison

7.0

TMDB audience score
368 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Keke Palmer
    Akeelah Anderson

  • Laurence Fishburne
    Dr. Larabee

  • Angela Bassett
    Tanya Anderson

  • Curtis Armstrong
    Mr. Welch

  • J.R. Villarreal
    Javier

  • Sean Michael Afable
    Dylan Chiu

  • Sahara Garey
    Georgia

  • Lee Thompson Young
    Devon

  • Julito McCullum
    Terrence

  • Erica Hubbard
    Kiana

  • Eddie Steeples
    Derrick-T

  • Dalia Phillips
    Ms. Cross

  • Tzi Ma
    Mr. Chiu

  • Jeris Poindexter
    Steve

  • Sara Niemietz
    Polly

  • George Hornedo
    Roman

  • Craig Wasson
    Ted Saunders

  • Jeff Marlow
    District Judge