Akeelah And The Bee

Drama, Family

Keke Palmer	Akeelah
Laurence Fishburne	Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett	Tanya
Curtis Armstrong	Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal	Javier
Sean Michael	Dylan
Sahara Garey	Georgia
Lee Thompson Young	Devon
Julito McCullum	Terrence
Erica Hubbard	Kiana

Director	Doug Atchison
Producer	Jaki Brown; Michael Burns; Laurence Fishburne; Sidney Ganis
Writer	Doug Atchison

Akeelah Anderson's love for words leads her to enter a number of spelling contests. Tutored by many and opposed by some, Akeelah unwittingly unites a neighborhood in her daring quest to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.