PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN PRODUCING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will produce a new documentary for the Sundance Film Festival about girl scouts selling cookies.
Cookie Queens will be a “a coming-of-age story about the joys, pressures, and pain points woven into one of America’s most cherished rituals: Girl Scout Cookie season,” according to the festival programme seen by Deadline.
The Sussexes will executive produce the film through Archewell Productions, their media company, which is due to be released at the iconic US film festival next year.
Sundance’s programme says the documentary, directed by Alysa Nahmias, follows “four tenacious girls (who) strive to be a top-selling ‘Cookie Queen’, navigating an $800 million (£598 million) business in which childhood and ambition collide”.
It will premiere at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City on Jan 24.
The Duchess of Sussex said the chance to work on the film was “absolutely irresistible”.
“As a former girl scout myself, with my mom as my troop leader, I have a personal affinity for this film and am proud that all our conversations and collaboration have led to Archewell Productions partnering with this award-winning team to executive produce this incredibly captivating documentary,” the duchess told Deadline.
“When we first viewed the early footage of this documentary, it was immediately something we wanted to be involved in.
“The creative point of view, the edgy yet humanising tone and tenor of the directing, and the glimpse behind-the-scenes into such a nostalgic and also modern tradition of girl scout cookie season are absolutely irresistible.”
Last April, the duchess shared photographs of herself as a child selling cookies in her uniform.
It coincided with the launch of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, and her As Ever shortbread butter cookies.
The duke and duchess said in August that they would be extending their creative partnership via Archewell to work on more TV and film projects.
It comes after they signed a deal with Netflix in 2020 for a reported $100 million.
The pair are also reported be working on a film adaptation of Meet Me At The Lake, the bestselling romantic novel by Carley Fortune.
2025-12-12T01:20:39Z