Name: Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG)
Start: 2025-07-09T14:00:00-05:00
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Location: Northbrook Public Library

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Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG)

Passion and Persistence Film Series

Wednesday, July 09
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Northbrook Public Library

Auditorium - First Floor

Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a young girl attending a tough school in Los Angeles, sees the finals of the National Spelling Bee. She decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett). Thanks to the efforts of her teacher, Dr Joshua Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), she reaches the final. When she meets her fellow competitors, she realises that coming first isn't everything in life.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies |

TAGS: | #EP |

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Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG) - Passion and Persistence Film Series

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Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG)

Passion and Persistence Film Series

Wednesday, July 092:00pm - 4:00pm

Northbrook Public Library

Northbrook Public Library

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Wednesday, July 09
2:00pm - 4:00pm