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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Directed by
Doug Atchison
Written by
Doug Atchison
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Tzi Ma
Mr. Chiu
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
Lee Garlington
Regional Judge
Mark Cuban
Tinashe
Cissi
Lauren Sánchez
Reporter
Craig Wasson
Ted Saunders
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
Erica Hubbard
Kiana
Jeris Poindexter
Steve
Bonita Friedericy
Volunteer
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Wolfgang Bodison
Akeelah's Father
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
Jack Ong
Korean Grocer
Jeff Marlow
District Judge
Fay Hauser
Woman on TV
Julito McCullum
Terrence
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Dalia Phillips
Ms. Cross
Sidney Ganis
Regional Pronouncer
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Sara Niemietz
Polly
George Hornedo
Roman
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Herself
Austin Herrera Davis
Cheating Boy
Janet Borrus
Cheating Boy's Mom
Neil Soni
Rajeev Subramonian

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