Documentary feature that follows eight children as they win
regional Spelling Bee competitions to finally face each other (and two hundred
or so other winners) in the 1999 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee finals in
Washington, D.C. The featured spellers come from different backgrounds, parts of
the country and social classes, and they are Harry Altman, Ted Brigham, Neil
Kadakia, Emily Stagg, Angela Arenivar, April Degideo, Nupur Lala and Ashley
White -- one of them does win the national prize. Directed by Jeff Blitz. [1:37
- G]
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