Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2006-04-28) |
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| Awards: | 11 wins & 15 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $18,848,430 |
| Screen: | Doug Atchison |
| Productions: | Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 74688: Keke Palmer - Akeelah Anderson
- 2975: Laurence Fishburne - Dr. Larabee
- 9780: Angela Bassett - Tanya Anderson
- 87003: Curtis Armstrong - Mr. Welch
- 109641: J.R. Villarreal - Javier
- 1054837: Sean Michael Afable - Dylan Chiu
- 1224048: Sahara Garey - Georgia
Crews
- 109640: Doug Atchison - Writer - Writing
- 109640: Doug Atchison - Director - Directing
- 1509268: Nancy Hult Ganis - Producer - Production
- 3035858: Cheryl Cravedi - Set Costumer - Costume & Make-Up
- 1402560: Saeed Adyani - Still Photographer - Camera
- 5776: Jaki Brown - Casting - Production
- 16994: Roland N. Thai - Supervising Sound Editor - Sound
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