Bryan Ensign

A traumatized prisoner lives through two interwoven days of his life, between his time incarcerated and his time as a free man.

"Spindletop: The Beginning" is a period piece short film about the "The Prophet of Spindletop," Pattillo Higgins, and his mischievous antics as a young teenager. Spindletop refers to the 1901 oil gusher in Beaumont which would change the economy of Texas and the Gulf Coast forever.