NO MAN’S LAND | Louisiana Public Broadcasting | 2023

It’s a story of outlaws, bandits, pirates, and brave pioneers and it all happened right here in Louisiana in a place that was fittingly known as No Man’s Land. Slow to be settled, and marked by a pivotal moment in history, the Neutral Strip (as it was sometimes called) was used as an official buffer between Louisiana and Spanish Texas for years. The film explores the western part of the state as a separate folk region made up of groups - like Native Americans, remnants of early Spanish colonies, Scots-Irish pioneers, African Americans, and others - who, to this day, fiercely hold on to their multi-generational traditions and notions of identity. Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Bill Rodman and Flo Ulmer-Rodman explore how No Man’s Land is best understood as a bastion for those cultural groups who wished to preserve the unique way of life they cherished.