TY  - ADVS
AU  - Atchison,Doug
AU  - Palmer,Keke
AU  - Fishburne,Larry
AU  - Bassett,Angela
AU  - Armstrong,Curtis
AU  - Mullen,David
AU  - Zigman,Aaron
ED  - Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
TI  - Akeelah and the bee
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
KW  - Spelling bees
KW  - Drama
KW  - School children
KW  - California
KW  - Los Angeles
KW  - Self-esteem in children
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Children's films
KW  - Melodrama, American
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - Children's
KW  - Feature
KW  - migfg
KW  - Melodrama
KW  - Youth
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Title from container; Director of photography, David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young; Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young; MPAA rating: PG; for some language
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 have to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers
ER  -