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Akeelah and the Bee

Name: Akeelah and the Bee
Director: Doug Atchison
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-04-28
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal

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 PalmerLaurence FishburneAngela BassettCurtis ArmstrongJ.R. VillarrealSean Michael AfableSahara GareyLee Thompson YoungJulito McCullumErica HubbardEddie SteeplesDalia Phillips

Director

Doug Atchison

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