Even though Micheal Moore’s movies have always featured Michigan, they have never actually been produced in Michigan until his most recent offering Capitalism: A Love Story.  That’s because last year Moore moved his entire production team form New York  to his new adopted home of Traverse City.  Better yet, Moore has plans to make Northern Michigan a hub for filmmaking.

“It was a plus to make this film in the state that has the worst unemployment and to have the crew be around the people who are actually losing their jobs,” Moore said before the Michigan premiere of the documentary in this Antrim County town.

Film production was entirely based in Traverse City, Moore said. The crew — sometimes up to 100 people — moved here for a year and “had the most pleasant time making the film I think of anywhere,” Moore said. [read more]