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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
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Tzi Ma
Mr. Chiu
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
Tinashe
Cissi
Lee Garlington
Regional Judge
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Mark Cuban
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
Julito McCullum
Terrence
Bonita Friedericy
Volunteer
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Craig Wasson
Ted Saunders
Wolfgang Bodison
Akeelah's Father
Jeris Poindexter
Steve
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
Fay Hauser
Woman on TV
Lauren Sánchez Bezos
Reporter
Erica Hubbard
Kiana
Jeff Marlow
District Judge
Sidney Ganis
Regional Pronouncer
Jack Ong
Korean Grocer
Sahara Garey
Georgia
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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