Release Date
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Original Release
March 23, 1972
1h 43m
The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
⭐ 7.9103 min
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.
Director
Saul Swimmer
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.2
Cast
George Harrison
Self
⭐1.4
Ringo Starr
Self
⭐0.9
Eric Clapton
Self
⭐0.8
Ravi Shankar
Self
⭐0.5
Bob Dylan
Self
⭐0.6
Billy Preston
Self
⭐0.2
Leon Russell
Self
⭐0.4
Klaus Voormann
Self
⭐0.3
Claudia Lennear
Self
⭐0.0
Genres
MusicDocumentary
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