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The Concert for Bangladesh

★ 7.9 (20 votes) | 1972 | 1h 43m
MusicDocumentary
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date March 23, 1972
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF

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