The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
Ratings:
7.9 (TMDb)
Released:
1972-03-23
Runtime:
1h 43m
Genres:
Music, Documentary
Countries:
United Kingdom, United States of America
Director:
Saul Swimmer
Actors:
Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann
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.