The Essential Memphis Library: Craig Brewer’s ‘Hustle & Flow’
Craig Brewer’s “Hustle and Flow,” which sold to Paramount Classics/MTV for a then-festival record of $16 million, was a colorful and youthful rap movie set amid strugglers and strivers on the city’s mean streets. (Submitted)
Twenty years ago — Jan. 29, 2005 — was perhaps the greatest day in the history of Memphis movies, with a pair of made-in-Memphis films taking the top two prizes at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
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