Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 112 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Doug Atchison,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee
- Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson
- Keke Palmer as Akeelah Anderson
- Tzi Ma as Mr. Chiu
- Eddie Steeples as Derrick-T
- Jeris Poindexter as Steve
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch
- Erica Hubbard as Kiana
- Lee Thompson Young as Devon
- J.R. Villarreal as Javier
- Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu
- Sahara Garey as Georgia
- Julito McCullum as Terrence
- Dalia Phillips as Ms. Cross
- Sara Niemietz as Polly