The New Ten Commandments (2008)
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.
- Released
- 2008-01-02
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Nick Higgins, Alice Nelson, Mark Cousins, David Graham Scott
- TMDB rating
- 8.7/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Tilda Swinton as Self
- Mark Cousins as Self
- Aamer Anwar as Self
- Jim Swire as Self
- Tony Blair as Self (archive footage)
- Gordon Brown as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Compston as Self (archive footage)
- Peter Dow as Self
- John Major as Self (archive footage)
- Ewan McGregor as Self (archive footage)
- Kenny Richey as Self (archive footage)
- J.K. Rowling as Self (archive footage)