Movie
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972 · 103 min
A warm, earnest concert film that captures the joy and purpose of a historic benefit show, with moments of backstage charm and a heartfelt message.
- Directed by
- Saul Swimmer
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Starring
- Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Earnest, uplifting and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Music, celebrity, survival, justice
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Saul Swimmer
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Starring
- Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell
