The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. Starring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, and Paul Bettany, the film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Will Smith, with Jada Pinkett Smith as the executive producer.
Plot
In 1964 South Carolina, Lily Owens lives on a peach orchard with her abusive, widowed father T. Ray. 10 years earlier, the four-year-old Lily accidentally shot her mother Deborah as she was attempting to leave him.
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| author | Gina Prince-Bythewood |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | South Carolina |
| director | Gina Prince-Bythewood |
| editor | Terilyn A. Shropshire |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | arrest beekeeper belong black madonna bury civil rights civil rights act civil rights act of 1964 color hatred kidnap kill living room present day reject returned alive shelter suicide note teenage son their way twin sister virginia wailing wall western wall widow |
| musicBy | Mark Isham |
| producer | James Lassiter Joe Pichirallo Lauren Shuler Donner Will Smith |
| productionCompany | Overbrook Entertainment The Donners' Company |
| publisher | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| recordedAt | North Carolina |
| theme | race and ethnicity |