Akeelah and the Bee
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
Laurence Fishburne
Angela Bassett
Curtis Armstrong
J.R. Villarreal
Sean Michael Afable
Sahara Garey
Lee Thompson Young
Julito McCullum
Erica Hubbard
Eddie Steeples
Dalia Phillips
Tzi Ma
Jeris Poindexter
Sara Niemietz
George Hornedo
Craig Wasson
Jeff Marlow
Lee Garlington
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Sidney Ganis
Austin Herrera Davis
Janet Borrus
Wolfgang Bodison
Bonita Friedericy
Lauren Sánchez Bezos
Fay Hauser
Jack Ong
Neil Soni
Tinashe
