A Woman Called Moses (1978)
A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Paul Wendkos
Harriet Ross Tubman Cicely Tyson
Thomas Garrett Will Geer
William Still Robert Hooks
Narrator (voice) Orson Welles
Daddy Ben Ross Jason Bernard
Stewart John Getz
McCracken James B. Sikking
Doc Thompson Clifford David
Videos
Miniseries
1978
2 episodes
Season 1 of A Woman Called Moses premiered on December 11, 1978
A Woman Called Moses stars Cicely Tyson as real-life escaped slave Harriet Tubman. At the risk of recapture, Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad, which enabled hundreds of enslaved African Americans to make their way to the freedom of the North. Adding to the tension are Harriet's frequent epileptic fainting spells. Orson Welles narrates this adaptation of Marcy Heidish's novel.
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Keywords
- biography
- miniseries
- harriet tubman