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'Akeelah and the Bee' gets an upbeat reimagining at Arena Stage 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 2:16pm on December 1, 2015 ☆ ⚑

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