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 northern states • Adding to the tension are Harriet’s frequent epileptic fainting spells • Orson Wells narrates this adaptation of Marcy Heidish’s novel • 200 min. • Grades 9-12 • © 2006