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Movies in the Parks - Akeelah and the Bee

Our "Coming of Age" series of Movies in the Parks continues with "Akeelah and the Bee" in Lewis Park.

Starring Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne and Keke Palmer

Rated PG; 112 minutes

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Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson goes through the world without much of a family and not much of a life but through the power and spirit of her mind she finds herself on the brink of success at a prestigious national spelling bee.  Can she take herself over the final hurdle?  Observed New York Times critic Dana Stevens, “(it’s)… an underdog tale that manages to inspire without being sappy.”

NOTE:  We will have a special pre-movie music and dance performance by local youth group Teen Swag USA

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