Jamaal

A friendly AI android is delivered to a couple's home, ready to help out, keep them company and learn their routines. At first the new arrival seems like a welcome convenience, but as the android settles into daily life, its presence begins to change the dynamic between the two men in ways neither of them expected. Co-directed by Philip Johnson and Taariq Muhammad from Johnson's screenplay, this science-fiction short uses a small cast and a single home to explore trust, companionship and intimacy in an age of intelligent machines. Matthew Jennings, Philip Johnson, Jaquan Solomon and Arabia Little star. Running about fifteen minutes, Jamaal is a relationship drama at heart, and it became the starting point for the Here TV anthology series Jamaal: Love Coded, in which Jennings returns as the android.