Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

Name: Akeelah and the Bee
Director: Doug Atchison
Released: 2006-04-28
Rating: 7.041
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal

Drama

113 min

"Changing the world... one word at a time."

Plot Summary

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.