Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
112 mins
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Sara Niemietz
Polly
George Hornedo
Roman
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Herself
Austin Herrera Davis
Cheating Boy
Janet Borrus
Cheating Boy's Mom
Neil Soni
Rajeev Subramonian
Nancy Hult Ganis
Producer
Cheryl Cravedi
Set Costumer
Johnny Radzik
Camera Operator
Warren Alan Young
Production Design
Glenn Farr
Editor
Julieann Getman
Set Decoration
Chris Mosio
Camera Operator
Aisha Coley
Casting
Saeed Adyani
Still Photographer
Matthew Nicolay
Sound mixer
Kenneth Walker
Hair Department Head
Jennifer Booth
Production Supervisor
Eduardo Ponsdomenech
Music Editor
Riki Lin Sabusawa
Costume Supervisor
Shelley A. Wallace
Art Direction
Edna Sheen
Makeup Department Head
Roland N. Thai
Supervising Sound Editor
Angel DeSanti
Transportation Captain
Stacey A. Washer
Boom Operator
Roland N. Thai
Sound Designer
Kirk Huston
Transportation Captain
Ken S. Polk
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Morioka
Dialogue Editor
Kent Kubena
Co-Producer
Alicia Maccarone
Set Designer
Robert 'Cass' McEntee
Construction Coordinator
James 'Keeper' Auld
Dolly Grip
Mike Upton
Co-Producer
Carl Pedregal
Post Production Supervisor
Danny Llewelyn
Producer
Rodney Allen Hooks
Assistant Director
Gigi Williams
Key Makeup Artist
Barbara McCart
Sound Recordist
Jo Ann Smith
Studio Teacher
Chris Mosio
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jan McWilliams
Script Supervisor
Shawn Kennelly
Foley Mixer
Fred Stafford
Supervising ADR Editor
Melissa Kennelly
Foley Editor
Vince Nicastro
Foley Artist
Laura Macias
Foley Artist
Eric Thompson
ADR Mixer
Kathleen Kasinger
Property Master
Matt Furginson
Assistant Property Master
David Mun
Second Assistant Camera
William Rick Young
Best Boy Grip
Linda Cowan
Key Makeup Artist
Markus Czyzewski
First Assistant Editor
Jason Dock Harrell
Propmaker
James Morioka
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Oswaldo Rojas
Propmaker
Jules Carideo
Production Coordinator
Heather Fielding
Studio Teacher
Greg Sanger
Leadman
Marcos O. Lopez
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Rich Paisley
Gaffer
Kevin Moll
Studio Teacher
