Release Date

23 Mar, 1972

Runtime

01:43: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Concert for Bangladesh

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Actors

Eric Clapton

Bob Dylan

Leon Russell

Billy Preston

George Harrison

Ravi Shankar

Ringo Starr

Klaus Voormann

Claudia Lennear

Crew

George Harrison

Allen Klein

Fred Hoffman

Richard E. Brooks

Saul Swimmer

Dan Perri