Film

Spelling the Dream

7.120201h 22mALLDocumentary

Age rating: ALL
Director: Sam Rega
Year: 2020

Since 1999, 18 of the last 22 winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been Indian-American, making the incredible trend one of the longest in sports history. “Breaking the Bee” is a feature-length documentary that explores and celebrates this new dynasty while following four students, ages 7 to 14, as they vie for the title of spelling bee champion.

Top cast

Srinivas Ayyagari

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Jacques Bailly

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Valerie Browning

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Ratnam Chitturi

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Shourav Dasari

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Pawan Dhingra

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Ashrita Gandhari

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Sanjay Gupta

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Akash Vukoti

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Directed by

Sam Rega

Written by

Sam Rega, Chris Weller