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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Top Billed Cast
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Featured Crew
Doug Atchison
Writer
Doug Atchison
Director
Nancy Hult Ganis
Producer
Cheryl Cravedi
Set Costumer
Saeed Adyani
Still Photographer
Jaki Brown
Casting
Roland N. Thai
Supervising Sound Editor
Warren Alan Young
Production Design
Johnny Radzik
Camera Operator
Johnny Caruso
Music Editor
Shelley A. Wallace
Art Direction
Edna Sheen
Makeup Department Head
Images
