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Title:

Akeelah and the bee [videorecording] / written and directed by Doug Atchison ; produced by Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis ; produced by Laurence Fishburne ; produced by Michael Romersa, Danny Llewelyn ; a Lionsgate 2029 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment presentation.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Widescreen format.

Publisher:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Spelling bees--Drama.
Competition--Drama.
School children--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Self-esteem in children--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Spelling bees.--Fiction.
Competition.--Fiction.
School children.--Fiction.
Self-esteem.--Fiction.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Spelling bees.--Fiction.
Competition.--Fiction.
School children--Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
Self-esteem.--Fiction.
Closed caption video recordings.
Videodiscs.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Fishburne, Larry.
Bassett, Angela.
Palmer, Keke.
Armstrong, Curtis.
Ma, Tzi.
Thompson Young, Lee., 1984-
Atchison, Doug.
Ganis, Nancy Hult
Ganis, Sid.
Romersa, Michael.
Llewelyn, Danny.
Zigman, Aaron.
Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Lionsgate 2029 Productions.
Starbucks Entertainment.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Includes production featurettes, gag reel, deleted scenes, and trailers. Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong, Tzi Ma, Lee Thompson Young.

Summary:

Akeelah Anderson, an eleven-year-old girl with a love for words, must overcome her insecurities, her difficult home life, and a more experienced and privileged field of competitors to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and unwittingly unites an entire neighborhood in supporting her.

Indexed by:

Video Librarian

Locations:

XGPC697 -- Villisca Public Library (Villisca)