Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

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

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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  • Release Date: 2006-04-28
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Director: Doug Atchison

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    Cast

    • Keke Palmer

      Akeelah Anderson

    • Laurence Fishburne

      Dr. Larabee

    • Angela Bassett

      Tanya Anderson

    • Curtis Armstrong

      Mr. Welch

    • J.R. Villarreal

      Javier

    • Sean Michael Afable

      Dylan Chiu

    • Sahara Garey

      Georgia

    • Lee Thompson Young

      Devon

    • Julito McCullum

      Terrence

    • Erica Hubbard

      Kiana

    • Eddie Steeples

      Derrick-T

    • Dalia Phillips

      Ms. Cross

    • Tzi Ma

      Mr. Chiu

    • Jeris Poindexter

      Steve

    • Sara Niemietz

      Polly

    • George Hornedo

      Roman

    • Craig Wasson

      Ted Saunders

    • Jeff Marlow

      District Judge

    • Lee Garlington

      Regional Judge

    • Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

      Herself

    • Sidney Ganis

      Regional Pronouncer

    • Austin Herrera Davis

      Cheating Boy

    • Janet Borrus

      Cheating Boy's Mom

    • Wolfgang Bodison

      Akeelah's Father

    • Bonita Friedericy

      Volunteer

    • Lauren Sánchez Bezos

      Reporter

    • Fay Hauser

      Woman on TV

    • Jack Ong

      Korean Grocer

    • Neil Soni

      Rajeev Subramonian

    • Tinashe

      Cissi

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