TY  - ADVS
AU  - Atchison,Doug
AU  - Palmer,Keke
AU  - Fishburne,Larry
AU  - Bassett,Angela
AU  - Armstrong,Curtis
AU  - Mullen,David
AU  - Zigman,Aaron
ED  - 2929 Productions.
ED  - Cinema Gypsy Productions.
ED  - Lion's Gate Films.
ED  - Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Reactor Films.
ED  - Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)
TI  - Akeelah and the bee
AV  - PN1995.9.C45 A344534 2006
U1  - 791.43/72 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Santa Monica, Calif.
PB  - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
KW  - Spelling bees
KW  - Drama
KW  - School children
KW  - California
KW  - Los Angeles
KW  - Self-esteem in children
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Children's films
KW  - Films for the hearing impaired
KW  - Melodramas (Motion pictures)
N1  - Full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Special features: Making of 'Akeelah and the bee'; Two peas in a pod; Inside the mind of Akeelah; Keke Palmer "All My Girlz' music video; Gag reel; Deleted scenes; Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music by, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young; Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young; MPAA rating: PG; for some language
N2  - 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 have to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers
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