Feature film — 1972
The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 27 votes.
Apple Corps / 20th Century Fox / U.S. Committee for UNICEF
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Director: Saul Swimmer
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Cast & crew
Eric Clapton
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Bob Dylan
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Leon Russell
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Billy Preston
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George Harrison
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Ravi Shankar
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Ringo Starr
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Klaus Voormann
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Claudia Lennear
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