The legendary New York club, CBGB, will be the focus of a new documentary about the birth of punk rock.  One of the producer's of the film is the daughter of the club's owner, the late Hilly Kristal.  Lisa Kristal, in collaboration with Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller and Jody Savin, will attempt to capture the essence of the period of 1974 to 1976 when the club became a haven for punk pioneers like the Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith and others.  Miller and Savin are reportedly writing the script, while Savin will direct the film, tentatively titled "CBGB."

Kristal, who passed away in 2007, originally opened CBGB with the intention of booking country, bluegrass and blues (which is what CBGB stands for), but instead found a new breed of rock acts that he wound up nurturing.  "It was an old-fashioned salon in an awful part of New York where people could fail while they worked to find their voice," Savin said in an interview with Billboard.com. "He provided a voice to the disenfranchised. It's a heroic and flawed story."