TY  - ADVS
AU  - Atchison,Doug
AU  - Palmer,Keke
AU  - Fishburne,Larry
AU  - Bassett,Angela
AU  - Armstrong,Curtis
AU  - Mullen,David
AU  - Zigman,Aaron
TI  - Akeelah and the bee
AV  - PN1995.A313.A344 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Santa Monica, California
PB  - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
KW  - Spelling bees
KW  - Drama
KW  - School children
KW  - California
KW  - Los Angeles
KW  - Self-esteem in children
N1  - 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; Northern Mariana IslandsAA rating: PG; for some language; 2
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 has 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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