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.
George Harrison
as Self
Ringo Starr
as Self
Eric Clapton
as Self
Ravi Shankar
as Self
Bob Dylan
as Self
Billy Preston
as Self
Leon Russell
as Self
Klaus Voormann
as Self
