The Secret of Bees is a spiritual journey told through the lives of black women who take in a young white girl seeking to find about her mother who once lived with them.
The journey involves a spiritual walk that melds the beliefs of Protestants and Catholics into a folktale told by Queen Latifah as August Boatwright. At this church-like ceremony, Alicia Keys as June Boatwright plays a soulful "Amazing Grace'' on a cello.
This is the only gospel song in the hour and 40 minute movie, which I previewed Sunday at The Charles Theater. The film, which opens in theaters on Friday, is set in South Carolina during 1964.
Dakota Fanning and Jennifer Hudson, whose self-titled CD debuted to mixed reviews earlier this month, also star. Producers include Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Hudson, Latifah and Fanning appeared this morning on the Today Show, creating a buzz about the film, which so sweetly weaves the lives of women together during a very difficult time in history.
