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The Concert for Bangladesh

1972-03-23
7.875
en 103m
MusicDocumentary
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.

Producer

George Harrison

Producer

Allen Klein

Camera Operator

Fred Hoffman

Camera Operator

Richard E. Brooks

Director

Saul Swimmer

Title Designer

Dan Perri

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

Companies

  • Apple Corps
  • 20th Century Fox
  • U.S. Committee for UNICEF