Akeelah and the Bee
Tonight year old Akeelah Anderson's lifetime isn't easy her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the gangbangers. She is smart, but her environment threatens to grope her aspirations. Responding to a hazard with the principal of her school, Akeelah participates in a parasitic to prevent detention for her many absences. Much to her embarrassment and surprise, she wins. Her chief requests her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the prestigious regional bee. Akeelah will provide someone to her community to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her home-life that is distracting as of making it all of the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the possibility looms. She must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Released: 2006-04-28
Genre:
Drama
Duration: 112
min
Country:
United States of America