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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Release Date: 2006-04-28

Genres: Drama

Director: Doug Atchison

Actors: Keke Palmer ,Laurence Fishburne ,Angela Bassett ,Curtis Armstrong ,J.R. Villarreal ,Sean Michael Afable ,Sahara Garey ,Lee Thompson Young ,Julito McCullum ,Erica Hubbard

Duration: 1h 52m

IMDB rating: 7.1