The Concert for Bangladesh

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The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)

Directed by Saul Swimmer

Music, Documentary · 1h 43m

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.

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Cast

Eric Clapton Self Bob Dylan Self Leon Russell Self Billy Preston Self George Harrison Self Ravi Shankar Self Ringo Starr Self Klaus Voormann Self Claudia Lennear Self

Crew

Director
Saul Swimmer
Producer
George Harrison, Allen Klein

Details

Release date
1972-03-23
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Music, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Production
Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF