Akeelah and the Bee

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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

113 min

Actor:

Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett

Quality:

HD

Director:

Doug Atchison

Release:

2006

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

7.1