Akeelah and the Bee

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American film drama film film

Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film about a young girl from South Los Angeles who competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, starring Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, and Angela Bassett.

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Label Occurrences
Akeelah and the Bee canonical 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
castMember Angela Bassett ⓘ
Curtis Armstrong ⓘ
Eddie Steeples ⓘ
J.R. Villarreal ⓘ
Keke Palmer ⓘ
Laurence Fishburne ⓘ
Lee Thompson Young ⓘ
Sahara Garey ⓘ
Sean Michael Afable ⓘ
cinematography M. David Mullen ⓘ
surface form: David Mullen
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Doug Atchison ⓘ
distributor Lionsgate ⓘ
surface form: Lions Gate Films

Lionsgate ⓘ
editor Edward Warschilka ⓘ
follows a young girl who competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee ⓘ
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
family film ⓘ
mainCharacter Akeelah Anderson ⓘ
MPAARating PG ⓘ
musicBy Aaron Zigman ⓘ
nominatedFor Critics Choice Award for Best Family Film ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Danny Llewelyn ⓘ
Laurence Fishburne ⓘ
Michael Romersa ⓘ
Nancy Hult Ganis ⓘ
Sidney Ganis ⓘ
publicationDate 2006-04-28 ⓘ
releaseYear 2006 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 112 ⓘ
screenwriter Doug Atchison ⓘ
setInLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
South L.A. ⓘ
surface form: South Los Angeles
starring Angela Bassett ⓘ
Keke Palmer ⓘ
Laurence Fishburne ⓘ
subject African-American community ⓘ
education ⓘ
spelling bees ⓘ
title Akeelah and the Bee self-link ⓘ
writer Doug Atchison ⓘ

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Laurence Fishburne → notableWork → Akeelah and the Bee ⓘ
Lee Thompson Young → appearedIn → Akeelah and the Bee ⓘ
Sharen Davis → notableWork → Akeelah and the Bee ⓘ
Keke Palmer → notableWork → Akeelah and the Bee ⓘ
Keke Palmer → performedIn → Akeelah and the Bee ⓘ
Akeelah and the Bee → title → Akeelah and the Bee self-link ⓘ
2929 Productions → notableWork → Akeelah and the Bee ⓘ