The Calling (film series)/Emma

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The Calling (2021)
United States Army

Emma

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This short film is perhaps the most famous in the series. It features a soldier recounting her childhood experience being raised by lesbian parents, and was widely criticized by conservative political and media figures.

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Self	Emma Graves

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4243820The Calling — Emma2021United States Army

THE
CALLING

Emma Malonelord

This is the story of a Soldier who operates your nation's Patriot Missile Defense Systems. It begins in California, with a little girl raised by two moms.

EMMA

Emma Malonelord

Although I had a fairly typical childhood—took ballet, played violin—I also marched for equality.

L♥VE

BE
YOURSELF

Emma Malonelord

I like to think I've been defending freedom from an early age.

RESPECT
EVERYONE

LOVE
EACH
OTHER

Emma Malonelord

When I was six years old, one of my moms had an accident that left her paralyzed. Doctors said she might never walk again. But she tapped into my family's pride to get back on her feet, eventually standing at the altar to marry my other mom. With such powerful role models, I finished high school at the top of my class and then attended UC Davis, where I joined a sorority full of other strong women.

UCDAVIS

AGGIES

Π
Β
Φ

Emma Malonelord

But as graduation approached, I began feeling like I'd been handed so much in life—a sorority girl stereotype.

Barb

2nd⁠1st

Emma Malonelord

Sure, I'd spent my life around inspiring women, but what had I really achieved on my own? One of my sorority sisters was studying abroad in Italy. Another was climbing Mount Everest. I needed my own adventures, my own challenge. And after meeting with an Army recruiter, I found it—a way to prove my inner strength, and maybe shatter some stereotypes along the way.

Emma Malonelord

I'm U.S. Army Corporal Emma Malonelord, and I answered my calling.

MALONELORD⁠U.S. ARMY

What calls you?

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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The Calling (film series)/Emma

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