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Author:

Akeelah and the bee (Motion picture)

Title:

Akeelah and the bee [videorecording] / Lionsgate, 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present an Out of the Blue Entertainment and Reactor Films production in association with Cinema Gypsy Productions, Inc. ; produced by Laurence Fishburne, Sid Ganis, Nancy Hult Ganis, Daniel Llewelyn, Michael Romersa ; written and directed by Doug Atchison.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Full screen [ed.].

Publisher:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

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

Subject:

Spelling bees--Drama.
School children--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Self-esteem in children--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Feature films.
Children's films.
Melodrama, American.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Atchison, Doug.
Palmer, Keke.
Fishburne, Larry.
Bassett, Angela.
Armstrong, Curtis.
Mullen, David.
Zigman, Aaron.
2929 Productions (Firm)
Cinema Gypsy Productions.
Lion's Gate Films.
Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
Reactor Films.
Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young. Special features: Making of 'Akeelah and the bee'; Two peas in a pod; Inside the mind of Akeelah; Keke Palmer "All My Girlz' music video; Gag reel; Deleted scenes.

Summary:

Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from Dr. Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of. First Akeelah has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)76906133

UPC:

031398200017

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TJPC492 -- Bellevue Public Library (Bellevue)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

KTPC296 -- Mediapolis Public Library (Mediapolis)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

VZPB964 -- Ossian Public Library (Ossian)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)