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 Akeelah and the Bee (2006) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. TV Shows. What's on TV & Streaming Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Browse TV Shows by Genre TV News. Akeelah and Bee". 2. To find out educational values depicted by the main character in "Akeelah and The Bee". D. The Significances of The Study The benefits of this study are as follow: 1. Theoretically The writer hopes the result of this study can be contributed to the development of educational values taken from "Akeelah and The Bee" Sinopsis With an aptitude for words, 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles, entering scores of local contests and eventually landing a chance to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. 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. Sinopsis Film Akeelah and The Bee Akeelah Anderson attended Crenshaw Junior High School. People call him a genius because it always gets an A, smart martial and very very good at spelling.Akeelah Anderson , a young black talent in the areas of spelling . Synopsis AKEELAH AND THE BEE is the story of Akeelah Anderson, a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother, She enters various spelling contests- tutored by Dr. Larabee; her principal and proud neighborhood residents. Her aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a Synopsis; A heart-warming drama, AKEELAH AND THE BEE is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee 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 Anderson (Keke Palmer), from south Los Angeles, has a talent for words. In spite of the objections of her mother Wanda (Angela Bassett), Keke enters a spelling contest. Her gift takes her to compete in the National Spelling Bee, the most famous competition of its kind in the world. On the way, she is helped by a forthright, mysterious teacher, Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) and a CZgiL.