"Akeelah and the Bee" is our featured July Film Presentation. It will view in the Conference Room at 7:00p.m. in the Lower Social Hall at 605 Washington Avenue. The film is Open to the Public. You are invited!

This 112 minute film is the  story of an 11 year old precocious girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite hte objections of her mother Tanya, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabell, her principal, Mr. Welch and the proud residents of her neighborhood.  Akellah's aptitude earns her the opportunity to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhhod who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing girl.