Secret Life of Bees, The

After her Africa-American housekeeper and caregiver (Jennifer Hudson) is beaten up by racists and arrested in 1964 in this captivating, heartbreaking, and heartwarming film based on Sue Monk Kidd's bestselling novel, a troubled 14-year-old girl (Dakota Fanning) escapes her abusive, widowed father (Paul Bettany) and searches for answers about her mother (Hilarie Burton) when she and her fugitive friend take refuge with three resourceful sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, and Alicia Keys) who sell Black Madonna honey in South Carolina.
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