Akeelah and the Bee

7.1

United States Of America

Drama

112 min

2006

Tzi Ma Tinashe Jack Ong Fay Hauser Lauren Sánchez Bonita Friedericy Wolfgang Bodison Sidney Ganis Lee Garlington Jeff Marlow Craig Wasson Jeris Poindexter Keke Palmer Dalia Phillips Eddie Steeples Erica Hubbard Julito McCullum Lee Thompson Young Sean Michael Afable J.R. Villarreal Curtis Armstrong Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne

Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.