- Filming for the four-part miniseries “A Land Remembered” began in Micanopy with a $500,000 state grant and aims for a release on a streaming platform.
- The production uses historically accurate costumes and sets, including 600 Cracker Cattle and authentic props to depict Florida’s 19th-century frontier life.
Swarms of lovebugs couldn’t keep Hollywood out of Micanopy on Wednesday as film crews raked in red clay, dressed up extras and built covered wagons to shoot scenes for season one of “A Land Remembered” TV miniseries.
Written and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1984, “A Land Remembered” chronicles three generations of the MacIvey family from the mid-19th to the 20th centuries, as they endure poverty and the Florida “Cracker” frontier before rising to wealth.
Tampa-native director and writer Todd Wiseman Jr. said he bought the rights to the novel in 2021 and is producing season one as a four-part miniseries—starring Micanopy—through his private company, Tobias LLC, with a goal of more seasons in the future…