{"id":315877,"date":"2026-08-07T07:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315877\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:15:03","slug":"cookie-queens-hits-the-sweet-spot-in-girl-scout-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315877\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Cookie Queens’ hits the sweet spot in Girl Scout saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who could have guessed there was so much depth, humor and determination in Girl Scouts selling\u00a0cookies?<\/p>\n

But \u201cCookie Queens\u201d is continually surprising as it follows a quartet who in just six weeks can reap wonderful prizes \u2013 if they meet their sales goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy interest,\u201d explained writer-director Alysa Nahmias in a virtual interview, \u201cwas looking at the\u00a0cookie\u00a0sale as a microcosm for some bigger, more universal questions and ideas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to look at how girls are seen by society. How girls learn about their value and participate in the economy. And also, just thinking about coming of age. What does it mean to \u2018come of age\u2019 in this culture, this economy today?\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0cookie\u00a0contestants and their families are identified by first names only.<\/p>\n

\u201cShannon Elizabeth, who is in El Paso, was seven when we filmed. She\u2019s a Brownie, which is a younger Girl Scout, and is super into karate. She wants to go to camp with the money she makes from selling\u00a0cookies.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer story is about finding her voice, her confidence by doing something that\u2019s really hard to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cNikki is nine. She has two older sisters and really wants to be like them. But she also wants to be her own person. \u00a0So it\u2019s that inner journey for Nikki. About belonging to her family and also having her own identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAra is five, new to Girl Scouts. It\u2019s only her second year, and she is increasing her goal by the highest ratio. Last year she sold five boxes. Now she\u2019s going for 55. Whereas the other girls are selling thousands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat,\u201d Nahmias emphasized, \u201cwas important to me because the film was never about how many\u00a0cookies\u00a0the girls sold or who was going to \u2018win.\u2019 Because it\u2019s not a competition (although it plays with that).<\/p>\n

\u201cAra\u2019s story lets us see how big that goal is for her, and that we can care about someone who wants to sell 55 boxes just as much as we care about someone who might sell thousands.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking of which, the fourth Girl Scout is Olive, 12 in the film. She lives in Charlotte, N.C. and her troupe is really accomplished. She\u2019s the record holder, one of the top sellers in her region.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s grappling with: What does it mean to be the reigning champ? Am I going to want more and more this year? Or am I going to call it \u2018Enough\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

One clue to how pervasive the Girl Scout\u00a0cookie\u00a0sales are is its Royal executive producers: Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeghan,\u201d Nahmias revealed, \u201cis a Girl Scout herself. Her mom was her troop leader. And we are just so thrilled to have them among our amazing team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCookie Queens\u201d opens in theaters Aug. 7<\/p>\n

\"AraAra takes care of business in a scene from “Cookie Queens.” (Photo courtesy Roadside Attractions)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who could have guessed there was so much depth, humor and determination in Girl Scouts selling\u00a0cookies? But \u201cCookie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[35324,80405,17432,158,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-315877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-cookie-queens","tag-girl-scout-cookies","tag-girl-scouts","tag-movies","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}