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).

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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A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.

An inspirational drama, Akeelah and the Bee is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words.

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.

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Akeelah and the Bee is an inspiring drama about an 11-year-old girl from South Los Angeles who discovers her passion for spelling and sets out to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Find reviews, ratings, cast info and more on What's After the Movie.

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...