Synopsis
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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Cast
- George HarrisonSelf
- Ringo StarrSelf
- Eric ClaptonSelf
- Ravi ShankarSelf
- Bob DylanSelf
- Billy PrestonSelf
- Leon RussellSelf
- Klaus VoormannSelf
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