The New Ten Commandments

Story

Synopsis

The film was produced by Nick Higgins from Lansdowne Productions and Noémie Mendelle from the Scottish Documentary Institute and has 10 film-chapter directors for each of the 10 chapters of the film. The film's unifying theme is human rights in Scotland with each chapter illustrating one of the "New Ten Commandments" - 10 articles chosen from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 10 film chapters of The New Ten Commandments 1. The Right to Freedom of Assembly - Dir, David Graham Scott 2. The Right not to be enslaved - Dir, Nick Higgins 3. The Right to a fair trial - Dir, Sana Bilgrami 4. The Right to freedom of expression - Dir, Doug Aubrey 5. The Right to life - Dir, Kenny Glenaan 6. The Right to liberty - Dir, Irvine Welsh & Mark Cousins 7. The Right not to be tortured - Dir, Douglas Gordon 8. The Right to asylum - Dir, Anna Jones 9. The Right to privacy - Dir, Alice Nelson 10. The Right to freedom of thought - Dir, Mark Cousins & Tilda Swinton.

Directors

Sana Bilgrami, Mark Cousins, David Graham Scott

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

2 January 2008

Ensemble

Cast

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  Tilda Swinton

  Self

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  Mark Cousins

  Self

• Aamer Anwar

  Self

• Jim Swire

  Self

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  Tony Blair

  Self (archive footage)

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  Gordon Brown

  Self (archive footage)

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  Martin Compston

  Self (archive footage)

• Peter Dow

  Self

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  John Major

  Self (archive footage)

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  Ewan McGregor

  Self (archive footage)

• Kenny Richey

  Self (archive footage)

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  J.K. Rowling

  Self (archive footage)