In the mystery drama Sound of My Voice, Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (co-writer Brit Marling, Another Earth). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the secrets of Maggie's underworld. Sound of My Voice starts next week and is a must see.


“To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham or exaggerated claims of.” So goes the definition of “debunk” according to the American Heritage dictionary. 

Wikipedia suggests that the term is, “closely associated with skeptical investigation of controversial topics such as U.F.O.s, claimed paranormal phenomena and conspiracy theories.” 

In Sound of My Voice we follow a debunker: Peter and his co-conspirator Lorna as they infiltrate a fringe group meeting in a basement in the San Fernando Valley of California. 

What amazes me about Peter is that he believes he can debunk through infiltration without getting bruised. But that proves nearly impossible. In order to be allowed deeper into the group he must prove his loyalty. Peter has to not only pretend to believe, he must actualize that belief. But then, where does the line get drawn? Of course, it doesn’t and soon the debunking is a ritual of its own—a cult of its own.

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