The Concert for Bangladesh
(1972)
March 23, 1972• 1h 43m
78%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Saul Swimmer
Director
Top Billed Cast
GH
George Harrison
Self
RS
Ringo Starr
Self
EC
Eric Clapton
Self
RS
Ravi Shankar
Self
BD
Bob Dylan
Self
BP
Billy Preston
Self
LR
Leon Russell
Self
KV
Klaus Voormann
Self
CL
Claudia Lennear
Self
