Spelling the Dream

Since 1999, 18 of the last 22 winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been Indian-American, making the incredible trend one of the longest in sports history. “Breaking the Bee” is a feature-length documentary that explores and celebrates this new dynasty while following four students, ages 7 to 14, as they vie for the title of spelling bee champion.

• Sam RegaWriter
• Sam RegaDirector
• Chris WellerWriter

• Srinivas AyyagariSelf
• Jacques BaillySelf
• Valerie BrowningSelf
• Ratnam ChitturiSelf
• Shourav DasariSelf
• Pawan DhingraSelf
• Ashrita GandhariSelf
• Sanjay GuptaSelf
• Akash VukotiSelf