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Akeelah and the Bee Promotional poster For Akeelah and the Bee. Directed by Doug Atchison Produced by Laurence Fishburne Sid Ganis Nancy Hult Daniel Llewelyn Michael Romersa Written by Doug Atchison Starring Keke Palmer Laurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Curtis Armstrong J. R. Villareal Eddie Steeples Music by Aaron Zigman Cinematography M. David Mullen Editing by Glenn Farr Distributed by Lions Gate Films Release date(s) April 28, 2006 Running time 112 minutes (approx.) Country United States Language English Gross revenue $18,948,425 IMDb • Allmovie
Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson, portrayed by Keke Palmer, an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother portrayed by Angela Bassett, schoolmates, and also her coach, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. It also explores issues of education in the black community. It has been given a PG rating from the MPAA for some language.
The film was developed over a period of 10 years by Doug Atchison, the germ of the idea having started after his watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee of 1994 and combined with his experiences spent tutoring disadvantaged students in the area around the University of Southern California, where he attended film school. After four years of trying to secure funding for the film, the documentary film Spellbound came out in 2002 and perhaps, according to one producer, Sid Ganis, facilitated funding. Spellbound features a black girl, Ashley White, from Washington, D.C., in rough parallel to the independent idea developed in Akeelah and the Bee.
The film has been heavily promoted by Starbucks as a result of a partnership between Lions Gate Films, 2929 Entertainment, and Starbucks Entertainment. It became the first DVD offered for sale at Starbucks.[1]
The film earned positive reviews from most critics, getting an 83% from 132 critics at Rotten Tomatoes.[2]
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