The Concert for Bangladesh
Saul Swimmer1972-03-23
7.8
103 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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George Harrison | Self | Unowned |
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Ringo Starr | Self | Unowned |
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Eric Clapton | Self | Unowned |
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Ravi Shankar | Self | Unowned |
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Bob Dylan | Self | Unowned |
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Billy Preston | Self | Unowned |
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Leon Russell | Self | Unowned |
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Klaus Voormann | Self | Unowned |