STORY
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 & CREW
- George Harrison
- Ringo Starr
- Eric Clapton
- Ravi Shankar
- Bob Dylan
Cast
- Saul Swimmer
Director
INFORMATION
- Apple Corps
- 20th Century Fox
- U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Production Companies
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English
