Cookie Queens Wins SXSW Audience Award

0:00This is your entertainment update for March 21st. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's documentary Cookie Queens just picked up the audience award at the SXSW Film and TV Festival. The film follows four Girl Scouts through their cookie-selling season, highlighting ambition, teamwork, and growing up. The couple served as executive producers on the 91-minute project. Earlier this month, the documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where Harry and Meghan attended a screening, roadside attractions, an independent distributor recently bought the rights, and it set for theaters this summer. Fans and festival goers gave it a warm reception with this win, though reviews have been mixed overall. Meghan has a personal tie to the story, having been a girl scout herself in California with her mom as a troop leader. She shared fond memories of her own cookie-selling days, noting how today's girls used social media and apps that weren't around back then. Meghan stressed the values of friendship, dedication, and self-belief that scouting instills.

1:01With more festival stops ahead and a theater release coming, Cookie Queens looks ready to reach even wider audiences soon.