A Woman Called Moses (1978)

12/11/1978 (US) • 1h 37m

Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Cicely Tyson

Harriet Ross Tubman

2 Episodes

Will Geer

Thomas Garrett

2 Episodes

Robert Hooks

William Still

2 Episodes

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

2 Episodes

Jason Bernard

Daddy Ben Ross

2 Episodes

John Getz

Stewart

2 Episodes

James B. Sikking

McCracken

2 Episodes

Clifford David

Doc Thompson

2 Episodes

Mae Mercer

Aunt Juba

2 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1978 | 2 Episodes

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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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

biography

miniseries

harriet tubman

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