The Concert for Bangladesh
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.
Genre: Music, Documentary
Cast: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston
Studio: Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Runtime: 103 Min
Quality: HD
Release: Mar 23, 1972
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Keyword : new york city, concert, rock 'n' roll, country music, guitar, composer, musician, drums, plagiarism, mining, folk music, celebrity, rocker, singer, live performance, singing, bangladesh, concert film, lip synching, rock concert, audience, rock singer, crowd, blues music, world music, song, drug
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