Akeelah and the Bee

Release Date: 2006-04-28

Runtime: 112

Languages: English

Rating: 7

Votes: 334

Genres: Drama

Director: Doug Atchison

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 Tan...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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.Read More

Production Companies:

Lions Gate Films

2929 Productions