Akeelah and the Bee

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

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  Keke Palmer

  Akeelah Anderson
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  Laurence Fishburne

  Dr. Larabee
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  Angela Bassett

  Tanya Anderson
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  Curtis Armstrong

  Mr. Welch
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  J.R. Villarreal

  Javier
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  Sean Michael Afable

  Dylan Chiu
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  Lee Thompson Young

  Devon
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  Julito McCullum

  Terrence
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  Erica Hubbard

  Kiana
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  Eddie Steeples

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