The Secret Life of Bees, Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah deliver a powerful story about family, freedom, and the transformative power of love. Seeking to escape her heartless and angry father and uncover the truth about her mother, Lily Owens (Fanning) flees with her caregiver and friend Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) to the town of the Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo) who are beekeepers in South Carolina. Embraced by unexpected love and compassion, Lily discovers among these remarkable women that sometimes one must venture far away to find the true meaning of home.