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10/02/2012 12:43 PM

New York Film Festival 2012: Doc Follows Rise Of Harlem's "Savoy King"

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NY1 VIDEO: A new documentary screening at the 50th annual New York Film Festival tells the story of drummer Chick Webb, who led the amazing jazz orchestra at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom -- one of the few places in 1930's America where blacks and whites socialized together.