Moses Doc Chronicles A “Superman In Real Life”

IT’S ONLY FITTING that the new Moses documentary was produced with help from the “voice of God.”

Of course, that’s Edwin Moses and actor Morgan Freeman. They met in 2005 at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Portugal, where Freeman, who has played the Almighty on screen, asked why there was no film about Moses. Hadn’t he revolutionized the 400 hurdles?

Moses was already pondering a documentary on his life, but needed to find the right people to execute his vision. With the same preparation he brought to track & field, he finally found them.

Moses — 13 Steps celebrated its world premiere at Atlanta’s Morehouse College in late September.

While the film crew is German, Freeman and his partner Lori McCreary are executive producers on the 105-minute documentary from Broadview Pictures.

Producer Leopold Hoesch — whom Moses approached after seeing his film about Dallas Mavericks player Dirk Nowitzki — was well aware of Moses’ storied career. He had even watched him compete at meets in Europe.

“We used to go because we wanted to see him lose,” said Hoesch, who perhaps was rooting for 400H rival Harald Schmid at the time. “We never did. He was like royalty.”

That reverence for Moses and his career — on and off the track — is evident in the film, which a publicist said is still in talks regarding distribution.

The premiere was part of the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival and the crowd at Moses’ alma mater, where the track is named after him, applauded every time he crossed the finish line in 1st place.

“Running 400 meters with 10 hurdles is no joke,” Moses, now 69, says in his opening lines. “It is a catastrophe waiting to happen.”

But not for him. At least not during one of the greatest streaks in the history of sport.

Propelled by his innovative 13-step pattern, Moses won 122 races [107 consecutive finals] over a span of 9 years, 9 months and 9 days. He won two Olympic gold medals and a bronze and held the World Record from 1976 until 1992.

The documentary, which had award-winning sneak peeks in Los Angeles and Paris last summer, shows how Moses combined athleticism with activism. He fought to bring higher appearance fees to the sport while also helping lead the anti-doping crusade.

Familiar faces describe Moses’ impact. They range from gold medalists Tommie Smith, Daley Thompson, Michael Johnson, Roger Kingdom and Karsten Warholm to Hollywood veterans — and fellow…