Akeelah & The Bee is about a bee. A spelling bee. Perhaps that doesn’t really mean a whole lot, because well, everyone can relate to spelling bees.
The story itself starts off pretty simply. Black girl, inner-city school. The kids wear uniforms, but aren’t well funded. Some teachers see young girl’s potential and encourage her to enter the school’s spelling bee. Principal see’s spelling bee as a chance to give the school some well needed attention,...
