"[Nelson] Mandela is an educated man, a lawyer, a democrat, a shrewd observer of human behavior, an disciplined politician who led a military uprising against an inhuman system, a best-selling and wealthy author, and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This...program reveals a story unknown to the world beyond Mandela's inner circle." -- Container.

Originally produced for Canadian television in 2004.

1. Introduction -- 2. The early years -- 3. Run away to Johannesburg -- 4. African National Congress -- 5. Apartheid -- 6. The Sharpville massacre -- 7. Arrest and Rivonia trial -- 8. Imprisoned on Robben Island -- 9. Winnie Mandela -- 10. Anti-apartheid protests worldwide -- 11. The brink of civil war -- 12. Mandela hospitalized -- 13. Meetings with the government -- 14. Release from prison -- 15. Personal life -- 16. Threat of race war -- 17. Election to the presidency -- 18. Mandela's economic conversion -- 19. South African society -- 20. The battle against AIDS -- 21. Post-presidential years -- 22. Conclusion -- 23. Credits.