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.

• Release date
• March 23, 1972
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Music, Documentary
• Director
• Saul Swimmer

Cast

Eric Clapton Self Bob Dylan Self Leon Russell Self Billy Preston Self George Harrison Self Ravi Shankar Self Ringo Starr Self Klaus Voormann Self