WICHITA — Filming has begun on a made-for-television movie about the folk song “Home on the Range.”

The 50-minute movie is being filmed in Wichita at various places, including the Old Cowtown Museum, the old Sedgwick County courthouse and some private locations in the county. Filming is also being done at the historic cabin where the song was written by Brewster Higley in 1872.

The movie will tell the story of how “Home on the Range” became one of the best-known folk songs. The Wichita Eagle reports that the originated on the Kansas prairie and quickly moved along cattle trails to cow towns, gaining national popularity with the advent of radio.

Ken Spurgeon, the movie’s producer and director, says the film will center on a lawsuit related to the song that was filed in 1934.

“‘Home on the Range’ is the anthem of the West; it is a song that transcended time,” said Spurgeon. “It is the folk song that survived when many did not, and it resonates because everybody can relate to it.”

Filming is expected to be completed this week, and will premiere in theaters in Wichita, Kansas City and Smith Center in November.