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Akeelah and the bee
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The work Akeelah and the bee represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Akeelah and the bee
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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
  • Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
  • Atchison, Doug
  • Bassett, Angela
  • Fishburne, Larry
  • Palmer, Keke
Subject
  • Feature films
  • School children -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
  • Self-esteem in children -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
  • Spelling bees -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Videodiscs
Genre
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Videodiscs
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
Runtime
112
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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

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