Akeelah and the Bee
Rating: 7 · 2006 · Drama · USA · 1 ч 53 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 2006
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 1 ч 53 мин
- TMDB
- 7
- IMDb
- 7
- Tagline
- Changing the world... one word at a time.
Director
Cast
- Keke Palmer — Akeelah Anderson
- Laurence Fishburne — Dr. Larabee
- Angela Bassett — Tanya Anderson
- Curtis Armstrong — Mr. Welch
- J.R. Villarreal — Javier
- Sean Michael Afable — Dylan Chiu
- Sahara Garey — Georgia
- Lee Thompson Young — Devon
- Julito McCullum — Terrence
- Erica Hubbard — Kiana
- Eddie Steeples — Derrick-T
- Dalia Phillips — Ms. Cross
- Tzi Ma — Mr. Chiu
- Jeris Poindexter — Steve
- Sara Niemietz — Polly
- George Hornedo — Roman
- Craig Wasson — Ted Saunders
- Jeff Marlow — District Judge
- Lee Garlington — Regional Judge
- Katie Kerwin McCrimmon — Herself