The Resource Akeelah and the bee, Lionsgate 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present ; produced by Laurence Fishburne ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Doug Atchison, (videorecording)

Akeelah and the bee, Lionsgate 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present ; produced by Laurence Fishburne ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Doug Atchison, (videorecording)

Label
Akeelah and the bee
Title
Akeelah and the bee
Statement of responsibility
Lionsgate 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present ; produced by Laurence Fishburne ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Doug Atchison
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from Dr. Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of. First Akeelah will have to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman
Dewey number
  • [Fic]
  • 813/.6
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG; for some language
Language note
  • Soundtrack in English; subtitles in English or Spanish
  • Closed captioned
PerformerNote
Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fishburne, Larry
  • Bassett, Angela
  • Palmer, Keke
  • Atchison, Doug
  • Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Runtime
112
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Spelling bees
  • School children
  • Self-esteem in children
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Akeelah and the bee, Lionsgate 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present ; produced by Laurence Fishburne ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Doug Atchison, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Origianlly produced as a motion picture in 2006
  • Special features included
Bar code
  • 31223139102223
  • 31223139102215
  • 31223139102298
  • 31223139102249
  • 31223139102256
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format.
Extent
1 DVD (ca. 112 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
031398195962
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
av00088966
Publisher number
195962
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
1001831541
System details
DVD player required; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.; region 1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Akeelah and the bee, Lionsgate 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present ; produced by Laurence Fishburne ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Doug Atchison, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Origianlly produced as a motion picture in 2006
  • Special features included
Bar code
  • 31223139102223
  • 31223139102215
  • 31223139102298
  • 31223139102249
  • 31223139102256
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen format.
Extent
1 DVD (ca. 112 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
031398195962
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
av00088966
Publisher number
195962
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
1001831541
System details
DVD player required; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.; region 1
Video recording format
DVD

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