32 Blocks: How Church Hill Helped Make the Culture

A tight‑knit group of Richmond teens builds a creative mecca in the historic community of Church Hill, Richmond, VA to chase musical dreams, battling Jim Crow barriers, and a segregated and perilous music industry as they transform into unheralded trailblazers who reshape jazz, funk, and soul.As musical originators, the featured artists in 32 Blocks has had their music collectively sampled thousands of times, transforming the industry and the careers of some of the biggest-selling artists globally. Their journey plays out against the backdrop of the significance of Richmond, VA, which has played a pivotal role in U.S. history and culture. Now as elders, urgency has set in to peserve their legacies, and the memory of their hometown neighborhood, threatened by erasure due to urban decay and gentrification.

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