The secret life of bees / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
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.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (110 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2008.
- Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2008. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribers. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; music, Mark Isham. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence. |
System Details Note: | Content available as downloadable file or streaming video. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 5, 2015). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Abused teenagers > Southern States > Drama. Beekeepers > Southern States > Drama. African American sisters > Southern States > Drama. United States > Race relations > Drama. |
Genre: | Feature films. Melodrama. Streaming video. |