The Twinkles are a competitive cheerleading squad built from some of the top youth cheerleaders in the country, all between eight and twelve years old, training toward the championship jacket awarded at the World Cup of All Star Cheerleading. The film follows a full season with the team, filming practices where routines get built and torn apart, coaches drilling stunts and formations, and the girls managing homework and family dinners around a schedule that leaves little room for either. Cheer moms and cheer dads appear throughout, describing what it costs a family to keep a child at this level, from travel expenses to the emotional weight of watching an eight-year-old absorb pressure usually reserved for adults. Interviews with the girls themselves sit alongside the training footage, giving a sense of how they talk about winning and losing at that age. Written, filmed, and narrated by Nyier Abdou, the film was an Emmy nominee for Best Documentary in New York. It stays close to the gym floor rather than the trophy stage, tracking the work behind a single competitive season.