HBO will air the film debut of rap star Eminem 8 Mile on 21 August at 9 pm with repeats on 26 August at 11 pm, 6 September at 11:30 pm and on 14 September at 6:45 pm.

The film is loosely based on Eminem's life story -a white man trying to break into a black dominated arena. The film's title refers to a gritty stretch of road in inner-city Detroit that separates the haves from the have-nots.

Eminem's character Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith lives in a trailer home with his drunken washed-out mother Stephanie plaued by Oscar winner Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential. He's stuck in a dead-end job as a factory drone and wants out. The only way he knows is through his budding talent as a rap artist--- not easy when he's the white kid trying hard to make music in a predominantly African-American community.