The secret life of bees / an Overbrook Entertainment/DonnersĘ” Company production ; directed, screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Joe Pichirallo.
Sources used: Internet movie database WWW site, viewed May 4, 2009; Variety, Sept. 15, 2008; Copyright staff catalog online. Not viewed. Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Summary derived from copyright description. Copyright Claimant: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Dune Entertainment III, LLC. Authorship on Application: Willow & Oak, Inc. Date of Creation: 2008; Date of Publication: 2008-10-03; Registration Number / Date: PA0001608101 / 2008-10-17. Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds, Hilarie Burton, Paul Bettany.
Summary:
To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, a 14-year-old girl flees to a South carolina town that holds the secret to her motherʔs past. Taken in by an intelligent and independent trio of sisters, she finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey, and the Black Madonna.
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