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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.

1972 |1h 43m |  Music, Documentary

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George Harrison

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Ringo Starr

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Eric Clapton

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Bob Dylan

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Billy Preston

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Leon Russell

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Klaus Voormann

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Language

English

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