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    The New Ten Commandments

    101'

    2008-01-02

    8.7

    Documentary

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingNick Higgins

    Cast

    4

    Self

    Tilda Swinton

    1

    Self

    Mark Cousins

    1

    Self

    Aamer Anwar

    1

    Self

    Jim Swire

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Tony Blair

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Gordon Brown

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    Martin Compston

    1

    Self

    Peter Dow

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    John Major

    6

    Self (archive footage)

    Ewan McGregor

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Kenny Richey

    3

    Self (archive footage)

    J.K. Rowling

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Mohammad Atif Siddique

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Margaret Thatcher

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Lena Zavaroni

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. List of companies:
        1. Lansdowne Productions
        2. Scottish Documentary Institute
      2. Vote Count: 3
      3. Popularity: 0.7429
      4. Status: Released
      5. Original title:The New Ten Commandments

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