Film · Documentary, Music
The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
★ 7.9 · 27 votes1 h 43 minDocumentary, Music1972
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.
- Director
- Saul Swimmer
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- March 23, 1972
Cast
Eric ClaptonSelf
Bob DylanSelf
Leon RussellSelf
Billy PrestonSelf
George HarrisonSelf
Ravi ShankarSelf
Ringo StarrSelf
Klaus VoormannSelf
Claudia LennearSelf
