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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 ...
Nov 8, 2001 · The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a 14-year-old white girl, Lily Melissa Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. She lives in a house with her abusive father, whom she refers to as T. Ray.
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Oct 17, 2008 · A 2008 drama film based on Sue Monk Kidd's novel about a teenage girl's search for her mother's past in South Carolina. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks, and more.
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The Secret Life of Bees is a novel by the American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss, betrayal, and the interracial landscape of the civil rights era of the American South. The book received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller.
A young girl runs away from her abusive father and finds a new family and a new identity at a honey farm in South Carolina. She learns about beekeeping, racism, and her mother's past from August Boatwright and her sisters, the Daughters of Mary.
May 9, 2018 · To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's...
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Haunted by memories of her late mother and abused by her father (Paul Bettany), 14-year-old Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) runs away with her friend and caregiver Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) to the ...
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