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Akeelah and the Bee
"Changing the world... one word at a time."
2006 • 1h 53m • ★ 7.0 (346 votes) Released
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.
Director
Doug Atchison
Writer
Doug Atchison
Rating
7.0
Runtime
113 min
Budget
$8.0M
Revenue
$18.9M
Profit/Loss
+10.9M
Production
Lions Gate Films
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Keywords
spellingspelling beefamily dramasingle mothercommunity spiritpre-teenparental abusesouth central los angelesblack communityindependent film
