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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

PG 112 minutes EN Drama
Changing the world... one word at a time.
Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, 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.
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Cast

Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Dalia Phillips
Ms. Cross
Tzi Ma
Mr. Chiu
Craig Wasson
Ted Saunders
Jeff Marlow
District Judge
Lee Garlington
Regional Judge
Sidney Ganis
Regional Pronouncer
Austin Herrera Davis
Cheating Boy
Janet Borrus
Cheating Boy's Mom
Wolfgang Bodison
Akeelah's Father

Crew

Glenn Farr
Editor
Saeed Adyani
Still Photographer
M. David Mullen
Director of Photography
Aaron Zigman
Original Music Composer
Matthew Nicolay
Sound mixer
Warren Alan Young
Production Design
Julieann Getman
Set Decoration
Shelley A. Wallace
Art Direction
Edna Sheen
Makeup Department Head
Kenneth Walker
Hair Department Head
Doug Atchison
Director
Aisha Coley
Casting
Jaki Brown
Casting