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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Keywords
- new york city
- concert
- rock 'n' roll
- country music
- guitar
- composer
- musician
- drums
- plagiarism
- mining
- folk music
- celebrity
- rocker
- singer
- live performance
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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
Top Crew
Saul Swimmer · Director
George Harrison · Producer
Allen Klein · Producer
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