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Produced by Kindling Group, The Calling is a four-hour documentary series that follows seven young Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim Americans as they prepare for religious leadership. Taking a leap of faith to pursue their vocations, these young people struggle with life’s myriad challenges—relationships, family responsibilities, uncertainty, and fear—as they become leaders who serve their communities. The film airs nationally on PBS's Independent Lens on Dec 20 & 21, 2010. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/calling/

Tonight there's a special short screening and panel discussion online: On Thursday, December 9, at 8:30pm ET join Independent Lens for an exclusive online sneak peek screening of The Calling on the Independent Lens fan page on Facebook, or on our Livestream channel before it airs on PBS. The half-hour screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the seven subjects of The Calling. Here's a project that's expanded on the miniseries (very reminiscent of NPR's "This I Believe") "What's Your Calling?" inspired by the PBS miniseries, The Calling. Through a growing series of interviews, videos and articles, "What's Your Calling?" pushes the notion of "calling" to explore all of the stuff that makes us human: our values, our passions, our doubts, and hopes. Profiling individuals from diverse backgrounds—professional snowboarders, jazz musicians, tug boat captains, academics, improvisers, Muay Thai fighters, religious leaders, social workers, environmental activists, toy inventors—What's Your Calling? shares what people have been called to do with their lives and how they hope to change the world.