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Akeelah and the Bee

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

  • Movie
  • 2006
  • PG
  • 1h 53m

Directed by Doug Atchison

7.0

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7.0 out of 10 from 368 votes

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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 and crew

  • Keke Palmer

    Keke PalmerAkeelah Anderson

  • Laurence Fishburne

    Laurence FishburneDr. Larabee

  • Angela Bassett

    Angela BassettTanya Anderson

  • Curtis Armstrong

    Curtis ArmstrongMr. Welch

  • J.R. Villarreal

    J.R. VillarrealJavier

  • Sean Michael Afable

    Sean Michael AfableDylan Chiu

  • Sahara Garey

    Sahara GareyGeorgia

  • Lee Thompson Young

    Lee Thompson YoungDevon

  • Julito McCullum

    Julito McCullumTerrence

  • Erica Hubbard

    Erica HubbardKiana

  • Eddie Steeples

    Eddie SteeplesDerrick-T

  • Dalia Phillips

    Dalia PhillipsMs. Cross

  • Tzi Ma

    Tzi MaMr. Chiu

  • Jeris Poindexter

    Jeris PoindexterSteve

  • Sara NiemietzPolly

  • George HornedoRoman

  • Craig Wasson

    Craig WassonTed Saunders

  • Jeff Marlow

    Jeff MarlowDistrict Judge

Director
Doug Atchison
Writer
Doug Atchison
Music
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
M. David Mullen