‘Akeelah and the Bee’ Is a Tenderhearted Reminder of Why I Love Words

20 years on, Akeelah and the Bee serves as a coming-of-age parable and a wonderfully soulful rendering of the mentor-protegé relationship

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There’s something special about the movies I watch on airplanes. Whether it’s the emotional states that come paired with adventures to new places, the stark lack of distractions at our disposal whilst claustrophobically crammed between strangers, or whether it’s merely the change in altitude that alters state of mind, my mid-flight film…