The Calling: An Exclusive Cut

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans -- Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim -- preparing to become the nation's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans -- Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim -- preparing to become the nation's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans -- Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim -- preparing to become the nation's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans -- Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim -- preparing to become the nation's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans -- Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim -- preparing to become the nation's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans -- Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim -- preparing to become the nation's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

Steven Gamez is a good-humored Tejano (Texan-Mexican). Born and raised on San Antonio’s rough West Side, Gamez dreams of returning to his neighborhood and serving the poor. He attends Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, where he studies to become a Catholic priest.

Bilal Ansari is an African American father of three and a student in the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary. He works tirelessly in the Connecticut prison system, where inmates often convert to Islam, but where he is also the victim of a hate crime perpetrated by some of his co-workers.

Rob Pene was born in American Samoa and came to the United States on a baseball scholarship. Unsuccessful in his major-league tryouts, he pursues his passion through an urban ministry. He also writes and performs Christian rap. The sudden death of his father challenges Pene’s commitment to his chosen path.

Jeneen Robinson is an African American single mother, as well as a newly ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. During her final year of study at Fuller Theological Seminary, she balances the responsibilities of parenting, schoolwork, and creating an original preaching style.

Tahera Ahmad is an outspoken young woman from a traditional Pakistani-American family. She is a coach and mentor for Muslims in high school while studying to be an Islamic chaplain. A trip to Egypt takes her out into the world for the first time, where she reflects on being a leader.

Shmuly Yanklowitz is an intellectual rabbinical student at New York City’s Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School — and a passionate activist. A Modern Orthodox Jew, he feels compelled to break boundaries — to resist becoming an old-style rabbi stuck within the walls of the synagogue.