The Concert for Bangladesh

Name: The Concert for Bangladesh
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1972-03-23
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Cast: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston

1972 · 1h 43m · Documentary, Music · United Kingdom, United States of America · Rated G (US)

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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Saul Swimmer

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Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston

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