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.| Status: | Released (1972-03-23) |
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| Awards: | 1 nomination |
| BoxOffice: | $2,046,505 |
| Productions: | Apple Corps, 20th Century Fox, U.S. Committee for UNICEF |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Charles Tatum
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In 1971, George Harrison and Friends staged one of the first benefit concerts ever at Madison Square Garden. The concert alone raised almost a quarter of a million dollars to combat poverty and starvation in Bangladesh, and the ensuing live album also generated funds. The concert was ....
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