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.

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Terrence Howard, the Oscar-nominated star of the made-in-Memphis "Hustle & Flow," returns to the Bluff City this week to invite you to join him at "the safe haven for our dreams," where you will see ...

Two decades after his breakout hit, the director looks back on the film that changed his life, launched Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, and made Three 6 Mafia Oscar winners.