George Bizos 1927-2020 Having left South Africa in 1975, I knew of George Bizos. I knew that he was Nelson Mandela’s Lawyer and involved in working with Bram Fischer in the Rivonia Trials in 1963, but I was not aware of his closeness with the Mandela family, looking after the family needs, and the children, while Nelson was in prison. In 1950 he completed his law degree at the University of Witwatersrand but was not given citizenship because of his political beliefs and was only admitted to the Johannesburg Bar in 1954 after the state relented and allowed him to become a citizen. It took him 30 years to become a citizen. He married in 1948. The film covers the period when he at the age of 13 together with his father fled from Greece in 1941 to eventually arriving in South Africa in the same year. The rest of the family only joined them in the 1950’s. The film covers his history in South Africa beautifully, and his character and approach to defending human rights are certainly endorsed by the contributions from his children in describing their father. The film paces well and gives one a full picture of how much he did for South Africa in defending the struggles of Apartheid, the TRC, advising on the new Constitution of South Africa and more recently representing some of the families of the Marikana massacre. The film is well paced and very engaging!