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The Concert for Bangladesh
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The Concert for Bangladesh

Mar 23, 1972
1h 43m
★ 7.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Music
Documentary

Production Companies

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

Cast

Eric Clapton

Self

Eric Clapton

Bob Dylan

Self

Bob Dylan

Leon Russell

Self

Leon Russell

Billy Preston

Self

Billy Preston

George Harrison

Self

George Harrison

Ravi Shankar

Self

Ravi Shankar

Ringo Starr

Self

Ringo Starr

Klaus Voormann

Self

Klaus Voormann

Claudia Lennear

Self

Claudia Lennear

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