Film

Akeelah and the Bee 2006

113 min TMDB 7.0 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 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 as Akeelah Anderson
  • Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee
  • Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson
  • Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch
  • J.R. Villarreal as Javier
  • Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu

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