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Family Matinee

Cookie Queens

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United States202691 minEnglish
Cookie Queens

It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide.

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It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide.

Meet Ara, Olive, Nikki, and Shannon Elizabeth: four Girl Scouts with big personalities and big ambitions. The mission? Cookie sales. But their entrepreneurial spirit hints at bright futures ahead — think future Supreme Court justices, CEOs, and beyond.

Alysa Nahmias’ sparkling film follows the girls through a cookie-selling season, highlighting the girls’ charm and unsuspecting sharp business instincts. It isn’t just fun and games though. The girls and their families make real financial and time sacrifices to hit their goals, trading laid-back weekends for hours outside, wagons full of cookies in tow. Nahmias stays focused on the girls and their individual journeys, offering a sincere, playful window into a multimillion-dollar industry powered by their cookie booths. It’s a joyous, heartwarming, utterly sweet ride that cheers on the girls’ grit and ingenuity. — SO

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Family MatineeAll FeaturesBIPOC StoriesWomen-Centered StoriesNonfictionSuitable For All AgesAudio DescriptionClosed CaptionOpen CaptionU.S. Only- less

Screenings

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  • Jan 25, 9:00 AM MST
    Screening

    Eccles Theatre

    Park City

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  • Jan 26, 6:30 PM MST
    Screening

    Broadway Centre Cinemas - 6

    Salt Lake City

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  • Jan 28, 10:20 AM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 3

    Park City

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  • Jan 30, 2:30 PM MST
    Screening

    The Ray Theatre

    Park City

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  • Jan 31, 1:10 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 2

    Park City

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  • Feb 1, 11:30 AM MST
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    Library Center Theatre

    Park City

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    Credits

    • Director(s)

      Alysa Nahmias

    • Producers

      Michael Dweck

      Gregory Kershaw

      Alysa Nahmias

      Jennifer Sims

    • Edited By

      Kim Roberts, ACE

      Jeanne Applegate

    • Director of Photography

      Antonio Cisneros

    • Executive Producers

      Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

      Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

      Tegan Acton

      Hallee Adelman

      Trevor Burgess

      James Costa

      Geralyn Dreyfous

      Stephen G. Hall

      Ruth Ann Harnisch

      Melony Lewis

      Adam Lewis

      Ann Lewnes

      Ann Lovell

      Emma Pompetti

      Chanel Pysnik

      Regina K. Scully

    Meet the Artist

    Panelist Name

    Alysa Nahmias

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    Alysa Nahmias is the Emmy-winning director of Art & Krimes by Krimes and The New Bauhaus and co-director of Unfinished Spaces, which is in the collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Her recent producing credits include Wildcat and Unrest. She is the founder of AJNA Films and co-founder of FWD-Doc.

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