Mother-of-three Bintou , is beaten by her husband Abel , for using housekeeping money to pay for her daughter to go to school to receive the education that she was denied in her own childhood . He believes that only his sons should be educated . Since her husband refuses to pay for a daughter to be educated , Bintou is determined to earn the money herself , however , the only skill she has is growing millet sprouts . She has to find the pots , and obtain sacks of millet from the storekeeper , while her husband continually sabotages her efforts . '' Bintou '' won several festival awards in 2001 and 2002 including at the Cannes Film Festival , Amiens International Film Festival , Bermuda International Film Festival , Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival , Marrakech International Film Festival and the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival
Marrakech International Film Festival
Marrakech International Film Festival
Bintou