The New Ten Commandments (2008)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Tilda Swinton

Self

Mark Cousins

Self

Aamer Anwar

Self

Jim Swire

Self

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Gordon Brown

Self (archive footage)

Martin Compston

Self (archive footage)

Peter Dow

Self

John Major

Self (archive footage)

Ewan McGregor

Self (archive footage)

Kenny Richey

Self (archive footage)

J.K. Rowling

Self (archive footage)

Director & Crew

Official Trailer

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