In 1971, George Harrison and Friends staged one of the first benefit concerts ever at Madison Squ...
The Concert for Bangladesh
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.
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The Concert for Bangladesh
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 23, 1972
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Music, Documentary
User Score
78%
Original Title
The Concert for Bangladesh
Production Companies
Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Director
Saul Swimmer
Description
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.
Cast
Crew
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