The secret life of bees.

Resource Information

The work The secret life of bees. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ipswich Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The secret life of bees.

Statement of responsibility

Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

Contributor

• Donners' Company (Firm)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Fanning, Dakota, 1994-
• Hudson, Jennifer, 1981-
• Keys, Alicia
• Kidd, Sue Monk
• Lassiter, James
• Leslie, Ewan
• Okonedo, Sophie
• Pichirallo, Joe
• Prince-Bythewood, Gina
• Queen Latifah, 1970-
• Shuler-Donner, Lauren
• Smith, Will, 1968-

Subject

• Abejas -- Estados del Sur (Estados Unidos) -- Teatro
• Abused teenagers -- Southern States -- Drama
• African American sisters -- Southern States -- Drama
• Beekeepers -- Southern States -- Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Niños maltratados -- Estados del Sur (Estados Unidos) -- Teatro
• United States -- Race relations -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping

Cataloging source

BKX

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; music, Mark Isham

Dewey number

• [Fic]
• 813/.6

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence

Language note

• English or Spanish dialogue; English, French, or Spanish subtitles
• Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo

Runtime

110

Target audience

general

Technique

live action