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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

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Ripple effects, 30 September 2006

Author: subscribefaecs from United States

I found valuable to watch this movie about the topic that was chosen. I especially appreciated to see a movie that lauded intellectual pursuit and that translated how that pursuit unwittingly affected the lives of others. How encouraging and worth spending 112 minutes watching and thinking about it afterwards. What Akeelah chose to do to make up for her loss, was creative and positive. It hurt no one. She didn't know all the good that derived from her choices, which is often the way life is. Yet, it brought other individuals also to recover from their losses and be healed in the process. Every effort to overcome obstacles acted as the rung of a metaphorical ladder, becoming the stepping-stone for the next effort. I saw this movie as a motivator, each character giving wind to the other. The trying carries within it seeds, there is no telling what the ripple effects are—not might be. Everyone could be the main character of a movie showing the ripple effects they each have on others. By D. Goullard Parlante

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