The Concert for Bangladesh
The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh

Release date : 1972-03-23

Production country :

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Production company :

Apple Corps,

20th Century Fox,

U.S. Committee for UNICEF

Status : Released

Durasi : 103 Min.

Popularity : 4.37

7.8

Total Vote : 19

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.