FX to film ‘Kindred’ TV series in Rome

A portion of the Cotton Block in downtown Rome will be transformed into a place from the past for the filming of a new FX series called “Kindred.”

According to IMDB, “Kindred” is a TV series based on a novel of the same name by Octavia E. Butler. It follows the story of a Black writer named Dana who’s transported back in time to a plantation in the 1800s, where her family has ties.

The novel’s synopsis on Amazon.com reads:

“Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana’s life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.”

The FX TV series will begin filming in Rome on June 20 on the southbound side of Broad Street and will cut across East First Street. Rome City Commissioner Mark Cochran said production will last about four days, depending on the weather.

About 200 people, made up of both cast and crew, will be coming into Rome for about a week for the production.

“They’ll be staying in our hotels, eating at our restaurants and checking out some of our shops,” Parking Services Manager Julie Harris said at a Downtown Development Authority meeting Thursday.

Some of the businesses in the Cotton Block will be participating in the shoot and the residents who live in that area have also agreed to cooperate.