The Secret Life of Bees
Movie • 2008 • Adventure
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Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
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At the beginning a bee is kept in a jar and tries to escape but can't. It is released alive though
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In addition to many scenes of bees (sometimes crawling around on a beekeeper's hive), there are two scenes with a prominent roach.
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Father (T- Ray) makes Lily kneel on “grits” or salt for 1 hour.
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The kid vomits once, it's not graphic.
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Rosaleen is in the hospital due to white men punching her.
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White guys say it to Rosaleen, a black woman in the beginning. 3 times.
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