A Woman Called Moses

A Woman Called Moses
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Produced by	Henry Jaffe; Michael Jaffe; Ike Jones
Written by	Marcy Heidish (novel); Lonne Elder III (screenplay)
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Starring	Cicely Tyson
Music by	Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Cinematography	Robert B. Hauser
Editing by	Stanley Frazen; Frank Mazzola; Elio Zarmati
Distributed by	NBC
Release date(s)	December 11, 1978
Running time	240 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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A Woman Called Moses is 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. Narrated by Orson Welles, the production was broadcast on the NBC television network on December 11 and 12 1978.

Tubman was portrayed by Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Cicely Tyson.

[edit] Music

The soundtrack music was by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and soul singer / composer Van McCoy contributed some music to the series.^[1]

The miniseries was first released on VHS on September 29, 1992, followed by a DVD release on February 3, 2001.

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