Akeelah and the Bee
2006 • Drama
Doug Atchison
Writer
Doug Atchison
Director
Status
Released
Release date
April 28, 2006
Duration
112 Min
Language
en
Popularity
5.029
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$18,948,425
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.
Cast
Keke Palmer
Laurence Fishburne
Angela Bassett
Curtis Armstrong
J.R. Villarreal
Sean Michael Afable
Lee Thompson Young
Julito McCullum
Erica Hubbard
Eddie Steeples
Dalia Phillips
Tzi Ma
Jeris Poindexter
Craig Wasson
Jeff Marlow
Lee Garlington
Sidney Ganis
Wolfgang Bodison
Bonita Friedericy
Lauren Sánchez
Fay Hauser
Jack Ong
Tinashe
