03310cgm a2200601 i 4500 623651450 TxAuBib 20061106120000.0 d 060606s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 031398195962 19596 Lions Gate Home Entertainment (OCoLC)69953754 TxAuBib rda eng eng spa eng Akeelah and the bee / written and directed by Doug Atchison. Widescreen edition. Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2006. 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. 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. Director of photography, David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young. Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett. 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 principal asks her to seek coaching from Dr. Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of. First Akeelah has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers. MPAA rating: PG; for some language. DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. 20061106. English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Spelling bees Drama. School children California Los Angeles Drama. Self-esteem in children California Los Angeles Drama. DVDs for the hearing impaired. Palmer, Keke. Bassett, Angela. Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- Ganis, Sid. Hult, Nancy. Llewelyn, Daniel. Romersa, Michael. Atchison, Doug. Zigman, Aaron. Lionsgate (Firm). 2929 Entertainment (Firm). Starbucks Entertainment (Firm). Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm). Reactor Films. Cinema Gypsy Productions. Lions Gate Home Entertainment. TXKPL