Roger Ebert April 27, 2006 Tweet Akeelah (Keke Palmer, left) and Georgia (Sahara Garey, center) in "Akeelah and the Bee." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch Akeelah Anderson can spell. She can spell better than anyone in her school in South Central Los Angeles, and she might have a chance at the nationals. Who can say? Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Akeelah and the Bee adalah sebuah film drama Amerika Serikat tahun 2006 yang ditulis dan disutradarai oleh Doug Atchison. Film tersebut mengisahkan kisah Akeelah Anderson ( Keke Palmer ), seorang gadis berusia 11 tahun yang ikut serta dalam Scripps National Spelling Bee , ibunya ( Angela Bassett ), para teman sekolahnya, dan pelatihnya, Dr 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's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Akeelah is an awkward, intelligent, eleven year old African American girl. She lives with her widowed mother, her older sister, her niece and one of her two older brothers, who has fallen in with the wrong crowd. Her eldest brother is an airman in the Air Force. The movie begins with Akeelah's teacher asking her to compete in the Crenshaw SINOPSIS : Film Akeelah and the bee bercerita seorang anak afro amerika bernama akeelah yang berjuang dalam kompetisi mengeja yang dia sukai. Akeelah anderson, adalah anak berumur 11 tahun. Ia menghadiri sekolah crenshaw, sebuah sekolah yang didominasi oleh warga kulit hitam di south los angeles. C365i.

akeelah and the bee sinopsis