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.
Genre: Drama Actors: Angela Bassett, Austin Herrera Davis, Bonita Friedericy, Craig Wasson, Curtis Armstrong, Dalia Phillips, Eddie Steeples, Erica Hubbard, Fay Hauser, George Hornedo, J.R. Villarreal, Jack Ong, Janet Borrus, Jeff Marlow, Jeris Poindexter, Julito McCullum, Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, Keke Palmer, Lauren Sánchez, Laurence Fishburne, Lee Garlington, Lee Thompson Young, Neil Soni, Sahara Garey, Sara Niemietz, Sean Michael Afable, Sidney Ganis, Tinashe, Tzi Ma, Wolfgang Bodison Directors: Doug Atchison Production: 2929 Productions, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Lions Gate Films, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment
