Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Changing the world... one word at a time.
112 min
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.
- Release date
- March 16, 2006
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Box office
- $18,948,425
Trailer
Cast
- Angela Bassett as Tanya
- Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee
- Keke Palmer as Akeelah
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch
- J.R. Villarreal as Javier
- Sean Michael Afable as Dylan
- Sahara Ware as Georgia
- Lee Thompson Young as Devon
- Julito McCullum as Terrence
- Erica Hubbard as Kiana
Crew
- Doug Atchison · Director
- Doug Atchison · Writer
- Laurence Fishburne · Producer
- Sidney Ganis · Producer
- Nancy Hult Ganis · Producer
- Danny Llewelyn · Producer
- Aaron Zigman · Composer
- M. David Mullen · Cinematographer
- Glenn Farr · Editor
- Jaki Brown · Casting director
- Kim Coleman · Casting director
- Aisha Coley · Casting director
- Warren Alan Young · Production designer