Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
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.
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Cast
- Keke Palmer — Akeelah Anderson
- Laurence Fishburne — Dr. Larabee
- Angela Bassett — Tanya Anderson
- Curtis Armstrong — Mr. Welch
- J.R. Villarreal — Javier
- Sean Michael Afable — Dylan Chiu
- Sahara Garey — Georgia
- Lee Thompson Young — Devon
- Julito McCullum — Terrence
- Erica Hubbard — Kiana
- Eddie Steeples — Derrick-T
- Dalia Phillips — Ms. Cross
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