When Hustle & Flow premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it was the definition of an underdog story — a gritty, Memphis-made drama about a small-time hustler who dreams of becoming a rapper.

"Hustle & Flow" is a feel-good story about a man finding his artistic voice and fulfilling his dream in the rough world of pimps, hos and druggies in Memphis. With the new Paramount regime having paid ...

Henson and Howard starred in a much different project based on the hip hop industry in 2005. Hustle and Flow saw the Iron Man star playing a pimp and drug dealer with aspirations to be a successful ...

"Hoop Street" has yet to screen in the city where it was conceived and produced, but the feature film about a struggling young basketball player has been chosen to represent Memphis this year at a ...

"Hustle & Flow" producer John Singleton filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures and MTV Films Wednesday, claiming that they reneged on elements of the deal that they struck at the Sundance Film ...

When Craig Brewer thinks back on Hustle & Flow, one word still comes to mind: miracle. "I've been thinking about what a miracle the movie is - that no one wanted to make it," Brewer tells Gold Derby. ...

Being a white guy from Memphis clearly hasn't kept filmmaker Craig Brewer from getting down with the gritty barbeque-and-blues essence of the sleepy Southern city in his jamming little underdog movie ...