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Changing the world... one word at a time.
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.
$8,000,000
$18,948,425
April 28, 2006
Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions
30 people
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Acting
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Acting
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Acting
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
Acting
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Acting
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
Acting
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Acting
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
Acting
Julito McCullum
Terrence
Acting
Erica Hubbard
Kiana
Acting
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Acting
Dalia Phillips
Ms. Cross
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