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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 3/23/1972
Runtime: 103 min
Director: Saul Swimmer
Top Cast
George Harrison
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
Eric Clapton
Self
Ravi Shankar
Self
Bob Dylan
Self
Billy Preston
Self
Leon Russell
Self
Klaus Voormann
Self
Claudia Lennear
Self
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