Akeelah and the Bee

An inner city principal (Curtis Armstrong) in South Los Angeles coerces a word-savvy 11-year-old student (Keke Palmer) to enter the school spelling bee and after her initial success, she goes behind her widowed mother's (Angela Bassett) back when she accepts tutoring from a no-nonsense coach (Laurence Fishburne) and competes with other contestants (J. R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, et al.) in the national spelling bee.
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