Akeelah and the bee

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Label: Akeelah and the bee

Statement of responsibility: Lionsgate, 2929 Productions, Starbucks Entertainment ; an Out of the Blue Entertainment and Reactor Films production in association with Cinema Gypsy Productions, Inc. ; written and directed by Doug Atchison ; produced by Nancy Hult Ganis, Sidney Gan, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa, Danny Llewelyn

Creator

Akeelah and the bee (Motion picture)

Contributor

Actor

Costume designer

Davis, Sharen

Director of photography

Mullen, M. David

Editor of moving image work

Farr, Glenn

Film director

Atchison, Doug

Film distributor

Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Film producer

Presenter

Production company

Production designer

Young, Warren Alan, 1965-

Screenwriter

Atchison, Doug

Subject

Genre

Language

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

Cataloging source: TEFMT

Characteristic: videorecording

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Credits note: Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young

Dewey number: 791.43/72

Intended audience: MPAA rating: PG; for some language

Language note: English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.C45
PN1997.2

LC item number

A344534 2006
.A34 2006

NLM call number: Ake

PerformerNote: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, Tzi Ma, Lee Thompson Young

Runtime: 112

Target audience: general

Technique: live action

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The work Akeelah and the bee represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alpha Park Public Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.