A Woman Called Moses - Season 1 - Episode 2

Name: Episode 2
Released: 1978-12-12
Rating: 3.5

1978-12-12 • 98 min • ⭐ 7/10

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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About A Woman Called Moses

Title: A Woman Called Moses

First Air Date: 1978-12-11

Last Air Date: 1978-12-12

Status: Ended

Rating: 7/10 (from 8 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 2

Network: NBC

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc., I.K.E. Productions

Synopsis

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.