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Chicago – The opportunity for a new film to also take up a cause is one of the advantages of the movies as mass art. “Gimme Shelter” is the based-on-truth story of a runaway pregnant teen named Apple (Vanessa Hudgens) who needs the titular sanctuary to give birth. Director Ron Krauss leads an all-star cast, including Ann Dowd (“Compliance”), who portrayed the real-life facilitator of the shelter for single mothers, Kathy Difiore.

Vanessa Hudgens as Apple in ‘Gimme Shelter,’ from Writer/Director Ron Krauss

Photo credit: Roadside Attractions

Ron Krauss is directing his first major feature, after winning festival acclaim for his previous films “Amexica” and “Rave.” He began his career writing, producing and directing the TV series, “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” which featured Martin Sheen, Ed Asner and Charles Durning. Kathy Difiore is the founder of Several Sources Shelter, the sanctuary for single mothers featured in the film. She...