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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.

Release: 2008-01-02
Runtime: 101 min
Rating: 8.7 / 10

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Cast
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
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Mark Cousins
Mark Cousins
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Aamer Anwar
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Jim Swire
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Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Self (archive footage)
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
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Martin Compston
Martin Compston
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Peter Dow
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John Major
John Major
Self (archive footage)
Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
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Kenny Richey
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J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
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Mohammad Atif Siddique
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
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Lena Zavaroni
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