Two old men find themselves sharing a campfire on the beach, bordering the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Vic has been a wrestler in Memphis, a brutal and much lauded fish in a small pond. The other man, Glenn, has been a small time chop shop mechanic, a criminal with mental problems from the get go.
One black, one white, both of them are originally from the same small town, upstate. Having encountered each other twice before in their long lives, they reveal the score of Time. Glenn pulled Vic from the waters in a shrimp boat accident. Vic helped Glenn recover from a suicide attempt. They have saved each other's lives.
Tonight is their final and most fateful round of lies and confessions. They will decide whether to venture forth and face the future alone. Or bonded together, stand against the cruelties of the world.
"Spindrift" is a vision of the future sent from the past for a post racial America.