Akeelah and the Bee

Apr 28, 2006

1h 52m

★ 7.1

Changing the world... one word at a time.

Overview

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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Lions Gate Films

2929 Productions

Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Starbucks Entertainment

Cinema Gypsy Productions

Akeelah and the Bee Trailers

Cast

Akeelah Anderson

Keke Palmer

Dr. Larabee

Laurence Fishburne

Tanya Anderson

Angela Bassett

Mr. Welch

Curtis Armstrong

Javier

J.R. Villarreal

Dylan Chiu

Sean Michael Afable

Georgia

Sahara Garey

Devon

Lee Thompson Young

Terrence

Julito McCullum

Kiana

Erica Hubbard

Derrick-T

Eddie Steeples

Ms. Cross

Dalia Phillips

Kula Gourava is a 1971 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film directed by Peketi Sivaram and written by G. Balasubramanyam. It stars Rajkumar in triple roles along with Jayanthi and Bharathi. The film was produced under Sri Eswari Productions of N. Veeraswamy. It had a very successful soundtrack composed by T. G. Lingappa. Popular actor-director V. Ravichandran, son of the film producer Veerasamy, appeared in the film as a child artist. The film swept 5 awards at the 1970-71 Karnataka State Film Awards including the best film, best actor, and best editor categories.

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