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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Wrong attribution
22 April 2006 - 3 out of 6 users found this review helpful.
While I generally enjoyed the movie - no real surprises but a good message and solid performances - I was dismayed to find that the quote Dr. Larabee had Akeelah read was incorrectly attributed to Nelson Mandela. His name can be made out clearly in the framed text. This is disappointing because I believe this is a good movie for pre-teens.
"Our deepest fear...." was actually written by Marianne Williamson , in Return to Love but is apparently often attributed to Nelson Mandela.
A simple web search of official ANC web sites containing President Mandela's speeches confirms this information. I am not being spiteful but wonder how this simple factual error made it into the movie....
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