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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 pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Akeelah and the bee (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Lionsgate (Firm), 2929 Entertainment (Firm), Starbucks Entertainment (Firm), Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm), Reactor Films, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Other Authors: Atchison, Doug, Palmer, Keke, Bassett, Angela, Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-, Armstrong, Curtis
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned ; English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2006]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Spelling bees > Drama.
School children > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Self-esteem in children > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Escolares > California > Los Ángeles > Teatro.
Amor a sí mismo en los niños (Psicología) > California > Los Ángeles > Teatro.
Children's > Feature.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama > Feature.
Youth > Feature.
Feature films.
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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 has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Item Description:Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
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; Trailers.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Production Credits:Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis.