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.
Production
Apple Corps · 20th Century Fox · U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Cast & Characters
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
Directors & Crew
George Harrison
Producer
Allen Klein
Producer
Saul Swimmer
Director
Screenshots & Stills
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