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Akeelah and the Bee

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

2006★ 7.0 · 3551h 53mDrama

Overview

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

Laurence Fishburne
as Dr. Larabee

Angela Bassett
as Tanya Anderson

Keke Palmer
as Akeelah Anderson

Curtis Armstrong
as Mr. Welch

Tzi Ma
as Mr. Chiu

Lee Garlington
as Regional Judge

Eddie Steeples
as Derrick-T

J.R. Villarreal
as Javier

Julito McCullum
as Terrence

Lee Thompson Young
as Devon

Tinashe
as Cissi

Craig Wasson
as Ted Saunders

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Release date: 2006-04-28

Budget: $8,000,000

Revenue: $18,948,425

Runtime: 1h 53m

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Drama

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