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.
Year: 1972
Genre: Music, Documentary
Studio: Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Director: Saul Swimmer
Cast: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston
Crew: George Harrison (Producer), Allen Klein (Producer), Fred Hoffman (Camera Operator), Richard E. Brooks (Camera Operator), Saul Swimmer (Director), Dan Perri (Title Designer)
Runtime: 103 minutes
Release: Mar 23, 1972
IMDb: 7.90/10 by 20 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : new york city, concert, rock 'n' roll, country music, guitar, composer, musician, drums, plagiarism, mining, folk music, celebrity, rocker, singer, live performance, singing, bangladesh, concert film, lip synching, rock concert, audience, rock singer, crowd, blues music, world music, song, drug
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