CHARLOTTE – Christina Capra, a budding producer and director, announced a new contract agreement for an exclusive option to produce a feature-length film based on the book, Poster Girls. The story of Poster Girls highlights a part of history during World War II that can oftentimes be overlooked and forgotten. While working in a dangerous 1940s wartime munitions factory in the South, the future film’s primary female characters team up in an environment fraught with racism and sexism.

Capra, a third-generation filmmaker who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor’s degree in film studies, will be penning the adapted screenplay and helming the film as director. She is passionate about producing and directing female-driven content. She is also currently seeking partnerships and studio backing for this endeavor.

“As soon as I heard about Poster Girls, I knew this was a story that needed to be on film,” said Christina Capra. “It’s a story that really means something to people. The book celebrates the accomplishments of this diverse group of women, and I am looking forward to telling their important story to an even larger audience.”

After directing and producing several short films and finding success on the film festival circuit, Capra now sets her sights on making feature-length films and following in her family’s footsteps.  Her grandfather, Frank Capra, is the noted film director responsible for directing such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It’s a Wonderful Life, among others.

Having grown up on film sets and studio backlots, Christina Capra has years of on-set experience and mentorship. In addition to her grandfather who received multiple Academy Awards as a director, her father, Frank Capra, Jr. was a successful producer and head of EUE Screengems Studios. 

Author Meredith Ritchie, of Charlotte, NC, did extensive research on the 1940s wartime factory, the shell plant, in Charlotte that inspired her historical fiction novel, Poster Girls.

“I had no idea this massive, nearly all-woman shell plant existed in my own backyard,” said Ritchie. “History shown through story, has a lot to teach us about modern cycles of misunderstanding. I’m thrilled Christina has expressed such an interest in telling this story and can’t wait to watch it come to life through film."