Film

The Concert for Bangladesh

1972 · 1h 43m · Music · Documentary

IMDb

8.2

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.

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

• Saul SwimmerDirector
• George HarrisonProducer
• Allen KleinProducer

Release date

March 23, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

G

Genres

Music, Documentary

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