A celebration of girlhood and the complexities that come with it, Cookie Queens is a coming-of-age documentary about the joys, pressures, and tensions woven into one of America’s most cherished rituals: Girl Scout Cookie season.
The film follows four fiercely determined young scouts—Ara, Shannon Elizabeth, Nikki, and Olive—as they navigate the high-stakes, $800 million cookie empire. Balancing school, friendships, and ambitious sales targets, director Alysa Nahmias crafts a rich, intimate, and humorous portrait of these unforgettable girls, using the lens of cookie sales to explore ambition, capitalism, gender expectations, and what it truly means to grow up in America today.
G | USA |2026 | 1hr 31m
Directed by Alysa Nahmias
Starring:: Ara, Shannon Elizabeth, Nikki
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