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Free for Kids! Adult Admission $5! Kids, don't forget to pick up your Picture Show Passport. Bring your Passport back to FilmScene each Picture Show screening for stickers, prizes and more!

"An underdog tale that manages to inspire without being sappy."—Dana Stevens, The New York Times

In this family-friendly inspirational underdog story, eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles and make it to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. With a supportive tutor (Laurence Fishburne) coaching her, Akeelah may even show her pessimistic mother (Angela Bassett) she has what it takes to win.