Akeelah and the bee.

Resource Information

The work Akeelah and the bee. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Amesbury Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Akeelah and the bee.

Statement of responsibility

Spelling Bee Productions, Inc. ; 2929 Productions ; Cinema Gypsy Productions ; Lions Gate Films ; Out of the Blue Entertainment ; Reactor Films ; Starbucks Entertainment ; produced by Laurence Fishburne, Sidney Ganis, Nancy Hult, Daniel Llewelyn, Michael Romersa ; written and directed by Doug Atchison

Contributor

• Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
• Armstrong, Curtis
• Atchison, Doug
• Bassett, Angela
• Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
• Mullen, David
• Palmer, Keke
• Zigman, Aaron

Subject

• Amor a sí mismo en los niños (Psicología) -- California | Los Ángeles -- Teatro
• Children's films
• Escolares -- California | Los Ángeles -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Melodrama
• Melodrama, American
• School children -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Self-esteem in children -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Spelling bees -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs

Genre

• Children's films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Melodrama
• Melodrama, American
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for some language

Language note

English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.C45

LC item number

A344534 2006

PerformerNote

Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young

Runtime

112

Target audience

general

Technique

live action