• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2006-04-28
  • Runtime112 minutes
  • TaglineChanging the world... one word at a time.
  • Revenue18,948,425$
  • GenreDrama
  • Production
    CompaniesLions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
  • Budget8,000,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Keke Palmer

Laurence Fishburne

Angela Bassett

Curtis Armstrong

J.R. Villarreal

Sean Michael Afable

Lee Thompson Young

Julito McCullum

Erica Hubbard

Eddie Steeples

Dalia Phillips

Tzi Ma

Jeris Poindexter

Craig Wasson

Jeff Marlow

Lee Garlington

Sidney Ganis

Wolfgang Bodison

Bonita Friedericy

Lauren Sánchez

Fay Hauser

Jack Ong

Tinashe