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Akeelah and the Bee
2006, Apr 28
1h 53m
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.
Directed by
Doug Atchison
Written by
Doug Atchison
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
Lee Garlington
Regional Judge
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Tzi Ma
Mr. Chiu
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Tinashe
Cissi
Mark Cuban
Wolfgang Bodison
Akeelah's Father
Bonita Friedericy
Volunteer
Julito McCullum
Terrence
Craig Wasson
Ted Saunders
Fay Hauser
Woman on TV
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Lauren Sánchez Bezos
Reporter
Jeris Poindexter
Steve
Erica Hubbard
Kiana
Jack Ong
Korean Grocer
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
Sidney Ganis
Regional Pronouncer
Jeff Marlow
District Judge
Janet Borrus
Cheating Boy's Mom
Dalia Phillips
Ms. Cross
Sara Niemietz
Polly
George Hornedo
Roman
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Herself
Austin Herrera Davis
Cheating Boy
Neil Soni
Rajeev Subramonian
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