Anna is not a typical teenager. In this production from African filmmaker Monique Phoba, viewers can follow Anna's progress toward a European education, beginning with her position in the Tek Stars Orchestra, which her father leads. She has 30 siblings from her father's five wives, and as a female in Africa, her education prospects are slim. How she manages to rise above her peers is the story in Anna From Benin, which documents her independence from a strict and controlling father to her sojourn in France, which she travels to on a scholarship. ~ Alice Day, All Movie Guide