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Akeelah and the Bee

Name: Akeelah and the Bee
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-04-28
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 7.1

Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Released: Apr 28, 2006 Genre: DramaCasts: Keke Palmer Laurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Curtis Armstrong J.R. Villarreal Sean Michael Afable Sahara Garey Lee Thompson YoungDirectors: Doug AtchisonDuration: 1h 52m Rating: 7.1 Country: United States of America Production: Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions

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