Akeelah ist die Größte
(2006)
Regisseur:
Doug AtchisonSchauspieler:
Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young, Julito McCullum, Erica Hubbard, Eddie Steeples, Dalia Phillips, Tzi Ma, Jeris Poindexter, Sara Niemietz, George HornedoDie elfjährige Akeelah ist ein schlauer Kopf, doch hat das außer ihrem Schuldirektor noch niemand gemerkt. Kurzerhand nötigt der Direktor das aus schwierigen familiären wie sozialen Verhältnissen stammende Mädchen mit sanftem Druck zur Teilnahme an einem lokalen Buchstabierwettbewerb und engagiert, als Akeelah diesen gewinnt, zur weiteren Veredelung ihrer Fertigkeiten einen langjährigen Freund, den gestrengen Professor Larabee. Zunächst sind sich Akeelah und Larabee allerdings alles andere als grün.
Mitreißendes Drama über eine Elfjährige aus Los Angeles, die es bis in die nationalen Buchstabier-Meisterschaften schafft.
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.