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Wikipedia article




'A Woman Called Moses' is a 1978 American 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 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.Van McCoy Music [http://vanmccoymusic.com/van/bio.htm (Page 2) The Story of Van McCoy]

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Video releases



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

See also



* List of films featuring slavery

* 'The Quest for Freedom', 1992 film about Harriet Tubman

* 'Harriet', 2019 film about Tubman

References




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