

The Concert for Bangladesh
1972 Directed by Saul SwimmerA 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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George Harrison
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Ringo Starr
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Eric Clapton
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Ravi Shankar
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Bob Dylan
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Billy Preston
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Leon Russell
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Director
...........................................................Saul Swimmer
Producer
...........................................................George Harrison
Allen Klein
Camera Operator
...........................................................Fred Hoffman
Richard E. Brooks
Title Designer
...........................................................Dan Perri
Production Companies
...................................................Apple Corps
20th Century Fox
U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Production Countries
........................................................United Kingdom
United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Music
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