The Concert for Bangladesh (1972) — Watch Online

Name: The Concert for Bangladesh
Director: Saul Swimmer
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 1972-03-23
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, George Harrison

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Audience score

★ 7.9 /10

based on 27 votes

Synopsis

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.

MusicDocumentary

Cast

8 principal cast

Eric Clapton

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Bob Dylan

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Leon Russell

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Billy Preston

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George Harrison

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Ravi Shankar

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Ringo Starr

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Klaus Voormann

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Where to watch The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh (1972) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 43m music directed by Saul Swimmer is rated 7.9/10 by 27 viewers.