
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.
Genre: Music, Documentary
Actor: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Klaus Voormann
Director: Saul Swimmer
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Produced By: Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Runtime: 103
Release: 1972
Rating: 7.763 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 244
Content Rating:G
Quality: DVD
Also known as: George Harrison And Friends - The Concert For Bangladesh, Concierto Para Bangladesh, Concerto Para Bangladesh, George Harrisons Legendariske Bangladesh-Koncert, Koncerten For Bangla Desh, Bangladesh-Konsertti, Le Concert Pour Le Bangladesh, To Konserto Tis Agapis, Banguradeshu No KonsâTo, バングラデシュのコンサート, Concerto Para Bangla Desh, Концерт для Бангладеш, Concierto Para Bangla Desh, The Concert For Bangladesh, Konzert FüR Bangladesh, CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH 1972
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