Laurence Fishburne
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Akeelah and the Bee: Directed by Doug Atchison. With Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong. Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school.
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- Drama, Family
- Doug Atchison
- 2006-04-28
Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson ( Keke Palmer ), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee , her mother ( Angela Bassett ), her schoolmates, and her coach, Dr. Joshua Larabee ( Laurence Fishburne ).
2K. Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), from south Los Angeles, has a talent for words. In spite of the objections of her mother Wanda (Angela Bassett), Keke enters a spelling contest. Her gift takes...
Akeelah and the Bee. A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee. 4,111. IMDb 7.4 1 h 52 min 2006 X-Ray PG. Drama • Kids • Feel-good • Edifying. Rent. HD $3.79. Buy. HD $9.99. More purchase. options. Available to rent or buy.
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Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences.
Drama · Kids & Family. A girl with an aptitude for words is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles by competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in D.C. Subtitles: English. Starring: Laurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Keke Palmer Curtis Armstrong.
