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.

Auf Anfrage des indischen Sitar-Virtuosen Ravi Shankar rief Ex-Beatle George Harrison für den 01.08.1971 seine Freunde im Madison Square Garden zusammen. Ohne Gage spielten sie zwei Konzerte für die hungernden Flüchlinge der Krisenregion Bangla Desh. Saul Swimmer filmte das Event, dessen Spontaneität in jedem Song zu hören ist, kreierte einen wichtigen Konzertfilm der späten Hippieära und dokumentierte eines der ersten Benefizkonzerte in der Geschichte der Rockmusik.

O primeiro show de rock beneficente quando grandes músicos se apresentaram para arrecadar fundos de ajuda humanitária para os refugiados de Bangladesh na guerra de 1971.