Akeelah and the bee
DVD - 2006
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 insecur...ities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
| Location | Call Number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Room | jDVD/Akeelah | Checked In | |
| Children's Room | jDVD/Akeelah | Due Dec 9, 2023 |
- Subjects
- Genres
- Children's films
Melodrama
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Santa Monica, CA :
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
©2006.
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- 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.
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, region 1, wide screen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music by, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young.
- Access
- For private home use only.
- 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.