Holy Relic

Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.

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.

Living unhoused near a flea market, two kids spend their days lifting small items from the pockets of strangers-a wallet, a watch, a comb-for fun and for their survival, until the rules catch up with them.