Sci Fi Short Film The Manual, DUST

In a dystopian future, the last human is raised by a machine. He struggles with the loneliness of no human interaction and questions the teachings of a mysterious religious Manual which the machine claims is holy. The Manual by Wil Magness Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: , DUST, scifi, shortfilm More About The Manual: In the distant future, James is the last human on Earth. He is raised and protected by a humanoid robot, the Machine, who brings him up on a strange composite religion described in a handheld device called The Manual. The Manual s teachings fuse aspects of oldworld religion and incorporate robots as spiritual beings in the afterlife, alongside and equal to humans. The man wrestles with loneliness and depression while the search for other humans becomes more and more futile. As his faith in The Manual is shaken, he sets out to test one of The Manual s core beliefs: reincarnation to the next life in the