Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

7.7 | en | Documentary

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

7.7 | en | Documentary , Music

Synopsis

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

Cast

Michael Bloomberg , Clem Burke , David Byrne

Director

Mandy Stein

Producted By

Trailers

Cast

Michael Bloomberg

as Self

[2014] Fed Up [2013] The Armstrong Lie [2013] Koch [2010] New York Memories [2009] Capitalism: A Love Story [2009] Herb & Dorothy [2008] The Gates [2008] A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa [2007] Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven

Clem Burke

as Self

[2021] Count Me In [2014] Blondie's New York and the Making of Parallel Lines [2009] Oil City Confidential [2006] Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone [2006] Blondie: One Way or Another [2005] New York Doll [2005] TV Party [2002] Blondie Greatest Video Hits [1999] Blondie - Live in New York

David Byrne

as Self

[2023] Stop Making Sense [2020] David Byrne's American Utopia [2019] John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch [2019] Museum Town [2016] Contemporary Color [2016] Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall [2012] This Must Be the Place [2008] The Man Who Bottled Clouds [2008] Celia: The Queen