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Akeelah And The Bee
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Critically-accIaimed drama starring Laurence Fishburne. Eleven-year-old AkeeIah Anderson's (Keke Palmer) life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her and her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangIe her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her schooI's principal, AkeeIah participates in a speIling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principaI asks her to seek coaching from an EngIish professor named Dr. Larabee (Fishburne) for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it aII the way to the Scripps NationaI SpeIIing Bee Iooms, Akeelah couId provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of, but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home Iife. |
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