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Akeelah and the Bee

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2006
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Synopsis

Akeelah Anderson is a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya, 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 and in turn unites her neighborhood. ...  

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Director

Doug Atchison

Cast

Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong

Genre

Drama, Family

Runtime

113 Minutes

Closed Captions

CC Available

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