Film · Drama
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Changing the world... one word at a time.
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
- Writers
- Doug Atchison
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- April 28, 2006
Cast
Keke PalmerAkeelah Anderson
Laurence FishburneDr. Larabee
Angela BassettTanya Anderson
Curtis ArmstrongMr. Welch
J.R. VillarrealJavier
Sean Michael AfableDylan Chiu
Sahara GareyGeorgia
Lee Thompson YoungDevon
Julito McCullumTerrence
Erica HubbardKiana
Eddie SteeplesDerrick-T
Dalia PhillipsMs. Cross
Tzi MaMr. Chiu
Jeris PoindexterSteve- Sara NiemietzPolly
- George HornedoRoman
Craig WassonTed Saunders
Jeff MarlowDistrict Judge
Lee GarlingtonRegional Judge- Katie Kerwin McCrimmonHerself
