Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee
2006Drama112 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. L... read more

  • Doug Atchison

    Director

  • Doug Atchison

    Writer

  • M. David Mullen

    Director of Photography

  • Glenn Farr

    Editor

  • 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

  • Tzi Ma

    Mr. Chiu

  • Jeris Poindexter

    Steve

  • Sara Niemietz

    Polly

  • George Hornedo

    Roman

  • Craig Wasson

    Ted Saunders

  • Jeff Marlow

    District Judge

  • Lee Garlington

    Regional Judge

  • Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

    Herself

  • Sidney Ganis

    Regional Pronouncer

  • Austin Herrera Davis

    Cheating Boy

  • Janet Borrus

    Cheating Boy's Mom

  • Wolfgang Bodison

    Akeelah's Father

  • Bonita Friedericy

    Volunteer

  • Lauren Sánchez

    Reporter

  • Fay Hauser

    Woman on TV

  • Jack Ong

    Korean Grocer

  • Neil Soni

    Rajeev Subramonian

  • Tinashe

    Cissi

    • Runtime

    112 minutes

    Released

    2006-04-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Lions Gate Films

    2929 Productions

    Out of the Blue... Entertainment

    Starbucks Entertainment

    Cinema Gypsy Productions

    Sound

  • Aaron Zigman

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    120 days ago

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