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.

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Label Occurrences
The Secret Life of Bees canonical 20
The Secret Life of Bees (novel) 3
The Secret Life of Bees (novel, 2001) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial Sue Monk Kidd ⓘ
basedOn The Secret Life of Bees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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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Jennifer Hudson → film → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
The Secret Life of Bees → basedOn → The Secret Life of Bees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (novel)
Dakota Fanning → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Joe Pichirallo → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (film adaptation)
Joe Pichirallo → basedOn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (novel)
Lily Owens → protagonistOf → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Lily Owens → appearsIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Lily Owens → fictionalUniverse → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees universe
Lily Owens → firstAppearance → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (novel, 2001)
Nate Parker → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Nate Parker → starredIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Sue Monk Kidd → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Rosaleen Daise → appearsIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
T. Ray Owens → appearsIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
T. Ray Owens → partOfWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (novel)
T. Ray Owens → firstAppearance → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (2001 novel)
T. Ray Owens → adaptedIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (2008 film)
Gina Prince-Bythewood → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Gina Prince-Bythewood → directed → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
August Boatwright → characterIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
August Boatwright → firstAppearance → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
August Boatwright → fictionalUniverse → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees universe
Rogier Stoffers → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Sophie Okonedo → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Terilyn A. Shropshire → notableWork → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
Terilyn A. Shropshire → workedOn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
June Boatwright → fictionalUniverse → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
June Boatwright → appearsIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
May Boatwright → appearsIn → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
May Boatwright → firstAppearance → The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (novel, 2001)