1972
7.9 (20 votes)
1h 43m
Official Website
Genres
Music
Documentary
Production Companies
Apple Corps
20th Century Fox
U.S. Committee for UNICEF
20th Century Fox
U.S. Committee for UNICEF
The Concert for Bangladesh
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: George Harrison, Allen Klein
Director: Saul Swimmer
