The Concert for Bangladesh

Name: The Concert for Bangladesh
Released: 1972-03-23
Rating: 7.944

7.9/10 (27)

·1972· 103 min

Director: Saul Swimmer

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.

Cast

Eric Clapton

Self

Bob Dylan

Self

Leon Russell

Self

Billy Preston

Self

George Harrison

Self

Ravi Shankar

Self

Ringo Starr

Self

Klaus Voormann

Self

Claudia Lennear

Self

In brief

The Concert for Bangladesh (1972) is a music, documentary film. With an average rating of 7.9/10 from 27 votes, it's one of the higher-rated titles. The film runs 1h 43min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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The Concert for Bangladesh runs 103 minutes (1h 43min).

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The Concert for Bangladesh has an average rating of 7.9/10 based on 27 viewer votes on TMDB.

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The Concert for Bangladesh was released in 1972.