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The secret life of bees

Latifah, Queen. (Added Author). Fanning, Dakota, 1994- (Added Author). Hudson, Jennifer, 1981- (Added Author). Isham, Mark. (Added Author). Keys, Alicia. (Added Author). Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret life of bees. (Added Author). Lassiter, James. (Added Author). Leslie, Ewan. (Added Author). Okonedo, Sophie. (Added Author). Pichirallo, Joe. (Added Author). Prince-Bythewood, Gina. (Added Author). Shropshire, Terilyn A. (Added Author). Shuler-Donner, Lauren. (Added Author). Smith, Will, 1968- (Added Author). Stoffers, Rogier. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (distributor.). Donner's Company (Firm) (Added Author). Fox Searchlight Pictures. (Added Author). Overbrook Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (production company.). Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (110 min.) : digital, sound, color
    remote
    Computer data.
  • 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.
CatMonthString:april.21
Multi-User.
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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Streaming video.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence.
System Details Note:
Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by publisher.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 5, 2015).
Subject: Multi-User.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama
Beekeepers -- Southern States -- Drama
African American sisters -- Southern States -- Drama
Abused teenagers -- Southern States -- Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Streaming video.
Melodrama.

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