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.
Release Date : Mar 23, 1972
Genres : Music, Documentary
Production Company : Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Production Countries : United Kingdom, United States of America
Original Language : English
Casts : George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Klaus Voormann
Director :
Status : Released
Budget : 0
Revenue : 0
