A Woman Called Moses
Based on	A Woman Called Moses by Marcy Heidish
Written by	Lonne Elder III
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Starring	Cicely Tyson
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Music by	Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Michael Jaffe Ike Jones
Cinematography	Robert B. Hauser
Editors	Stanley Frazen Frank Mazzola Elio Zarmati
Running time	240 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 11 (1978-12-11) – December 12, 1978 (1978-12-12)

A Woman Called Moses is a 1978 American television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marcy Heidish, about the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who led dozens of other African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.

Narrated by Orson Welles, the production was broadcast on the NBC television network on December 11 and 12, 1978. Tubman was portrayed by Cicely Tyson.

Music

The soundtrack music was by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and soul music composer/arranger/singer Van McCoy contributed some music to the series, which was featured on a soundtrack album released by MCA Records. ^[1]

Cast

Video releases

The miniseries was first released on VHS on September 29, 1992, followed by a DVD release on February 3, 2001. A Xenon Pictures, Walmart exclusive Blu-ray release was issued on January 15, 2019.

See also

• List of films featuring slavery
• The Quest for Freedom, 1992 film about Harriet Tubman
• Harriet, 2019 film about Tubman

References

External links

• A Woman Called Moses at IMDb
• A Woman Called Moses at AllMovie
• A Woman Called Moses at the TCM Movie Database

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