The Concert for Bangladesh

1972·103'

Saul Swimmer

DocumentaryMusic

★ 7.9

Letterboxd TMDB #59414

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