Gimme Shelter is a 2013 American independent drama film written and directed by Ronald Krauss based on a true story about a pregnant teenager, Apple (
Vanessa Hudgens), who runs away from her abusive, drug-addicted mother (
Rosario Dawson), and traces her father (
Brendan Fraser). Apple's difficult and abusive upbringing, unfortunate situation and her father and his wife's struggle to integrate her into their family result in conflicts. After crashing the car of a pimp who forced her into his vehicle, Apple awakes in hospital where she encounters a Catholic Priest (
James Earl Jones) who connects her with a Catholic shelter for pregnant teens that encourages the pregnant girls to have babies.