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Small-town activism. Nail-biting elections. A last-minute power grab.

In Wisconsin, where extreme partisanship has become the norm, voters are finding their lives increasingly irrelevant to state lawmakers. Through the stories of four tireless women fighting to have their voices heard, Can You Hear Us Now? unravels the ways that years of one-party control reshaped democracy in a state at the center of American politics.

DIRECTOR JIM CRICCHI - PRODUCERS SUSAN PETERS & JIM CRICCHI - MUSIC BY CALEB STINE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS TONY SHALHOUB, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CASTELLI

What People Are Saying

“One of the most important documentaries you’ll see all year.”

— Catherine Capellaro, The Isthmus

“Gripping.... It weaves human stories into a narrative of democratic decline.”

— Christian Grose, USC Schwarzenegger Institute, Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, University of Southern California, Author, Congress in Black and White

“The stories of these four remarkable women show the extent to which democracy itself is under siege.”

— Charles Anthony Smith, Professor of Political Science & Law, University of California-Irvine, Co-author, Gerrymandering in America

“Can You Hear Us Now? puts a face on the meaning of partisan gerrymandering… Everyone who cares about the future of American democracy should see it.”

— Alex Keyssar, Professor of History & Social Policy, Harvard University, Author, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

“Thoroughly inspiring.
Can You Hear Us? takes its audience on a rollercoaster ride of nonstop, State-based political battles and machinations.”

— Don Schwartz, Spotlight on Documentaries

“Perceptive and poignant and at times enraging.”

— Matt Rothschild, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

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