Akeelah and the Bee

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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...

Akeelah and the Bee was directed by Doug Atchison and released in 2006. It stars Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett.

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