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The buzz about 'Akeelah and the Bee' at Arena by Nelson Pressley

You may remember "Akeelah and the Bee" as the smart, feel-good 2006 movie about an 11-year-old girl struggling through her tough L.A. neighborhood to triumph at the national spelling bee. Laurence Fishburne was the girl's stern tutor, and Angela Bassett played her strict, hard-working mother. "A thoroughly winning family film," Post film critic Ann Hornaday wrote.Read full article >>

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:15PM on November 22, 2015

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