Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

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Written by Doug Atchison

Directed by Doug Atchison

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2006

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Doug Atchison's charming drama stars Keke Palmer as Akeelah Anderson, a young girl attending a tough ghetto school in Los Angeles. When she sees the finals of the National Spelling Bee, she decides to enter the competition on the strength of her special skill at spelling. Despite her classmates derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya, thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr Joshua Larabee, she reaches the final. But when she meets her fellow competitors, she learns a lesson that will stand her in better stead in the future as she realises that coming first isn't everything in life... Edited for language.

Cast

Keke PalmerAkeelah
Image for Laurence FishburneLaurence FishburneDr. Larabee
Image for Angela BassettAngela BassettTanya
Curtis ArmstrongMr. Welch
J.R. VillarrealJavier
Sean Michael AfableDylan
Sahara GareyGeorgia
Lee Thompson YoungDevon
Julito McCullumTerrence
Erica HubbardKiana
Eddie SteeplesDerrick-T
Dalia PhillipsMs. Cross
Tzi MaMr. Chiu
Jeris PoindexterSteve
Sara NiemietzPolly

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