Twelve Letter Films is a documentary film production company dedicated to telling personal stories that reveal the impact of public policy on the lives of those affected. Through all of our work, we aim to convey the complexity of the issues in our subjects' lives and to inspire diverse conversations around experience and solutions. Our first two films take place in the politically enigmatic state of Wisconsin, fertile ground for deep conversations about democracy, partisanship and community.

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Jim Cricchi directed, photographed and edited the feature documentary Can You Hear Us Now? (2020) and the IDA-shortlisted short documentary Los Lecheros (2017), a co-production with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. In 2019, he edited the DuPont-Columbia award-winning documentary Bedlam (Sundance, Independent Lens) about the US mental health care crisis. Other editing credits include the Emmy-winning series Vice on HBO, One Big Home, Let Them Wear Towels and the Jane Lynch comedy, I Do and I Don’t.

Susan Peters co-produced Can You Hear Us Now?, currently screening across the US, with educational and public performance distribution by Bullfrog Films. She was a co-producer on Los Lecheros, which won a regional Edward R. Murrow award, aired in English and Spanish on Milwaukee Public Television, has been a centerpiece of classroom conversations and spurred community conversations about undocumented immigrants through a year-long tour with the Wisconsin Humanities Council.