Set in the Bronx in 1964, Doubt tells the story of a charismatic priest, Father Flynn, who is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long
been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and
indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Muller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is
paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral
certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn, which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence. In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister
Aloysius, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.
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