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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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Corporate Authors: Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), 2929 Productions (Firm), Starbucks Entertainment (Firm), Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm), Reactor Films, Cinema Gypsy Productions
Other Authors: Palmer, Keke (Actor), Bassett, Angela (Actor), Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- (Production personnel, Actor), Atchison, Doug (Screenwriter, Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Montreal, QC] : Alliance Films, 2006.
Subjects:
Spelling bees > Drama.
School children > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Self-esteem in children > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
School children.
Self-esteem in children.
Spelling bees.
California > Los Angeles.
Feature films.
Drama.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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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 have 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:Originally distributed as a motion picture by Alliance Films, 2006.
Title from distributor's web site (viewed March 11, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (116 min.))
Audience:MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
CHV rating: PG.
Production Credits:Director of photography, David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young.