‘Cookie Queens’ Review: A candid look at the young girls who navigate the whirlwind world of selling Girl Scout cookies

‘Cookie Queens’ Review: A candid look at the young girls who navigate the whirlwind world of selling Girl Scout cookies

Alysa Nahmias’ “Cookie Queens” is not your average documentary. There are no interviews, backstories, or tributes, just an observational, present-tense look at four of the 700,000 girls who take part in the seasonal Girl Scout cookie drive. You’ll meet Ara (5) from San Diego, Shannon Elizabeth (8) from El Paso, Nikki (9) from Chino, and 12-year-old Olive from Charlotte, the top seller in her troop of middle school girls. Told from the girls’ poi…

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Alysa Nahmias, the Director of “Cookie Queens”

“My tween kids asked me to please make a documentary they’d actually want to watch with their friends,” Nahmias recalls about the origins of her latest project. “Mom-challenge accepted.”