Poster movie

The Concert for Bangladesh

Music

Documentary

Lenguage:103 min

Duration:en

Release date:Mar 23, 1972

Calificacion:7.8

Description:

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

George Harrison
George HarrisonSelf
Ringo Starr
Ringo StarrSelf
Eric Clapton
Eric ClaptonSelf
Bob Dylan
Bob DylanSelf
Billy Preston
Billy PrestonSelf
Leon Russell
Leon RussellSelf
Klaus Voormann
Klaus VoormannSelf

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