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The Concert for Bangladesh

Mar 23, 1972 · 1h 43m
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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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Eric Clapton
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Bob Dylan
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Leon Russell
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Billy Preston
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George Harrison
Self
Ravi Shankar
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
Klaus Voormann
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Directed by Saul Swimmer

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Country
US, GB

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