Movie Description
The Concert for Bangladesh
(1972)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Saul Swimmer
- Producer : George Harrison,Allen Klein
- Cast : George Harrison,Ringo Starr,Eric Clapton,Ravi Shankar,Bob Dylan,Billy Preston,Leon Russell,Klaus Voormann,Claudia Lennear
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Facts
Original TitleThe Concert for Bangladesh
Status Released
Release Information
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1972-03-23
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 43m
Homepagehttp://www.concertforbangladesh.com/
Production CompaniesApple Corps,20th Century Fox,U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Genres
- Music
- Documentary
