Honey on a Razor’s Edge: Alysa Nahmias on Girl Scout Capitalism in ‘Cookie Queens’

Equal parts delightful and disturbing, Alysa Nahmias’s Cookie Queens is a behind-the-scenes peek at an annual ritual as ubiquitous as caroling and trick-or-treating: Girl Scout Cookie season. The film follows four adorable U.S. troop members, ages five to twelve (and from different cities, ethnicities and economic circumstances), all determined to meet their individual capitalistic goals in a whirlwind six weeks of pitch-honing, social media strategizing, and practiced salesmanship.

To read my interviw with the film's award-winning director Alysa Nahmias (Unfinished Spaces, The New Bauhaus, Art & Krimes by Krimes) visit Documentary magazine.