The Concert for Bangladesh
7.91972103 min
MusicDocumentary
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.
Top Cast
Eric Clapton as Self,Bob Dylan as Self,Leon Russell as Self,Billy Preston as Self,George Harrison as Self,Ravi Shankar as Self,Ringo Starr as Self,Klaus Voormann as Self
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Production
Apple Corps20th Century FoxU.S. Committee for UNICEF