The Secret Life of Bees

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coming-of-age film drama film film

The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 coming-of-age drama film, based on Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, that follows a young girl in 1960s South Carolina who finds refuge with a group of beekeeping sisters amid racial and personal turmoil.

Aliases (1)

The Secret Life of Bees (novel) ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coming-of-age film → drama film → film →
authorOfSourceMaterial	Sue Monk Kidd →
basedOn	The Secret Life of Bees → surface form: "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)"
castMember	Alicia Keys → Dakota Fanning → Hilarie Burton → Jennifer Hudson → Nate Parker → Paul Bettany → Queen Latifah → Sophie Okonedo → Tristan Wilds →
cinematographyBy	Rogier Stoffers →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
director	Gina Prince-Bythewood →
distributor	Searchlight Pictures → surface form: "Fox Searchlight Pictures"
editedBy	Terilyn A. Shropshire →
filmingLocation	North Carolina →
genre	coming-of-age → drama →
hasTheme	forgiveness → racial injustice → search for identity →
mainCharacter	August Boatwright → June Boatwright → Lily Owens → May Boatwright → Rosaleen Daise → T. Ray Owens →
musicBy	Mark Isham →
narrativeFocus	coming of age → female friendship → mother–daughter relationships → racism in the United States →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	James Lassiter → Joe Pichirallo → Lauren Shuler Donner → Will Smith →
productionCompany	Searchlight Pictures → surface form: "Fox Searchlight Pictures" Overbrook Entertainment → The Donners' Company →
releaseDate	2008-10-17 →
releaseYear	2008 →
runtimeMinutes	114 →
screenwriter	Gina Prince-Bythewood →
settingPlace	South Carolina → United States of America → surface form: "United States"
settingTime	1964 →

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The Secret Life of Bees → basedOn → The Secret Life of Bees →

this entity surface form: "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)"

Jennifer Hudson → film → The Secret Life of Bees →

Dakota Fanning → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees →