01522nam a2200217 4500 AUA.1 20201005134705.0 170327b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d JTL PN1995.9.C45 Akeelah and the bee / Laurence Fishburne, III; Sid Ganis; Nancy Hult; Daniel Llewelyn; Michael Romersa. Videorecording. Santa Monica, CA. : LionsGate Entertainment, c2006. 1 videodisc (approx. 112 min.) : sound, color, 4 3/4 in. Special features: Making of Akeelah and the bee ; Doug and Keke: two peas in a pod ; Inside the mind of Akeelah ; Keke Palmer "All my girlz" music video ; Gag reel ; Deleted scenes ; Trailers. Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young. 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 Spelling bees Drama. School children California Los Angeles Drama. Self-esteem in children California Los Angeles Drama. aua AV 18348 18348 0 0 lcc 0 0 AV AUA.1 AUA.1 AV 2017-03-27 AV585 LMO47 2017-03-27 00:00:00 12.99 2017-03-27 AV