keke palmer played akeelah in akeelah and the bee.
keke palmer played akeelah in akeelah and the bee.
who played akeelah in akeelah and the bee?
keke palmer
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akeelah and the bee is a 2006 american drama film written and directed by doug atchison. it tells the story of akeelah anderson (keke palmer), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the scripps national spelling bee, her mother (angela bassett), her schoolmates, and her coach, dr. joshua larabee (laurence fishburne). the cast also features curtis armstrong, j.r. villarreal, sean michael afable, erica hubbard, lee thompson young, julito mccullum, sahara garey, eddie steeples, and tzi ma.
akeelah and the bee
at woodland hills, akeelah meets dylan chiu, a chinese american boy who had won second place at the past two national spelling bees. contemptuous, he asks her to spell "xanthosis". when she starts with a "z", he tells her she needs a coach. at the conclusion of the spelling club meeting, javier invites akeelah to his birthday party. before that, tanya is depressed over terrence's bad behavior after getting caught by the police for acting out with his thugs, her husband samuel's death after a mugger shot him on his way home from work and concerned about her daughter's grades and frequent truancy. as she finds out about akeelah going alone to woodland hills, she subsequently forbids akeelah from participating in the upcoming state bee and forces her to take summer school to make up for all the classes she skipped, which starts an argument between her and akeelah. to circumvent this prohibition, akeelah forges her deceased father's signature on the consent form and secretly studies with dr. larabee. at the party, akeelah nearly beats dylan in scrabble. afterwards, akeelah overhears dylan's overly competitive father insulting her and berating his son for nearly losing to "a little black girl". during the state bee, tanya comes inside and interrupts her daughter before she can spell her word. tanya chastises akeelah for going to the bee without her permission and relents after a side discussion with dr. larabee and mr. welch, especially giving akeelah double chores for three months as a punishment for lying and keeping it a secret behind her back. javier protects akeelah from disqualification by stalling until she can return. dylan, javier and akeelah advance to the scripps national spelling bee.
akeelah and the bee