The premise of the film revolves around competitive spelling bees, which have been dominated by Indian-Americans in recent times.

[1][2] The film follows the life of four kids: Akash Vukoti, Tejas Muthusamy, Ashrita Gandhari and Shourav Dasari.

[3] The film also features interviews with Jacques Bailly, Kevin Negandhi, Sanjay Gupta, Fareed Zakaria, Hari Kondabolu, Valerie Browning, Srinivas Ayyagari, and Pawan Dhingra.

[3] Spelling the Dream was released worldwide on June 3, 2020, on Netflix.

[1] The film picked up positive reviews from The New York Times,[3] The Wall Street Journal,[4] The Guardian,[5] The Indian Express,[6] The Hindu,[7] The Adelaide Review,[8] and the Singaporean version of Harper's Bazaar.