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Akeelah and the Bee
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scaramoucheAkeelah and the Bee (2006) is about an eleven-year old girl from South Los Angeles who has a love of spelling and finds an outlet for it when she joins the school's spelling bee. It snowballs from there all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and Akeelah finds herself and the people around her changing as she makes this journey.
This one passes with flying colours.
Akeelah's the main character, and there are plenty of female characters around her: her mother, her sister, her best friend, her English teacher, and various other smaller characters in passing. Almost all of Akeelah's interactions with these women are to discuss spelling, language, family, and friendships. Even Akeelah's best friend, Georgia, though she has no interest in spelling, supports Akeelah and her pursuits, and they talk about each other, their friendship and what they hope to do in the future.
This one passes with flying colours.
Akeelah's the main character, and there are plenty of female characters around her: her mother, her sister, her best friend, her English teacher, and various other smaller characters in passing. Almost all of Akeelah's interactions with these women are to discuss spelling, language, family, and friendships. Even Akeelah's best friend, Georgia, though she has no interest in spelling, supports Akeelah and her pursuits, and they talk about each other, their friendship and what they hope to do in the future.