The movie "Akeelah and the Bee" is about an eleven-year-old girl who is raised in poor areas, her father died when she was six years old. She has an older brother who is in the Army and he encourages Akeelah to compete in the spelling bee. Her other brother seems to be in trouble a lot and her older sister has a baby of her own.
Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson ( Keke Palmer ), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee , her mother ( Angela Bassett ), her schoolmates, and her coach, Dr. Joshua Larabee ( Laurence Fishburne ). Akeelah and the Bee 2006 · 1 hr 52 min PG Drama · Kids & Family A girl with an aptitude for words is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles by competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in D.C. StarringLaurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Keke Palmer Curtis Armstrong Directed byDaniel Lee You May Also Like Uncle P 2007 1 hr 28 min PG Watch in HD. Rent from $3.99. Akeelah and the Bee, a drama movie starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, and Keke Palmer is available to stream now. Watch it on Freevee, BYUtv, The Roku Channel, Peacock TV, Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu or Redbox. on your Roku device. Akeelah and the Bee. DRAMA. An inspirational drama, Akeelah and the Bee is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Akeelah and the Bee - Natural Talent: Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) discovers Akeelah's (Keke Palmer) natural aptitude for spelling.BUY THE MOVIE: JEQrV9C.