The New Ten Commandments (2008)
January 2, 2008
Documentary
1h 41m
![Poster for The New Ten Commandments](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9EcZscNXXkocmunmA85LltlqzQT.jpg)
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Nick Higgins
- Self Tilda Swinton
- Self Mark Cousins
- Self (archive footage) Tony Blair
- Self (archive footage) Gordon Brown
- Self (archive footage) Martin Compston
- Self (archive footage) John Major
- Self (archive footage) Ewan McGregor
- Self (archive footage) J.K. Rowling