Julito McCullum

Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.

Set on the backdrop of Philadelphia's famed Overbrook High School, we track the lives of the nations number one high school basketball player Sergio Taylor as he deals with the early pressures of hood fame.

It follows Kenny Gaines, who is set to marry. On the day of the wedding, the bride mysteriously disappears and sets off a chain of events that unearths secrets, lies and betrayal.