The Concert for Bangladesh

1972-03-23103m14+

A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.

Cast:Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar,

Genre:Music, Documentary,

country:United Kingdom, United States of America,

Production:Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF,

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