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The New Ten Commandments

87 %|Jan 2, 2008|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Becky Thomson
Sound
Timo Langer
Editor
Alex Ashcroft
Sound
Klaus Heinecke
Editor
George Geddes
Director of Photography
Minttu Maari Mantynen
Director of Photography
Ian Dodds
Director of Photography
John Cobban
Sound Mixer

Cast

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Tony Blair
Self (archive footage)
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Gordon Brown
Self (archive footage)
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Martin Compston
Self (archive footage)
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John Major
Self (archive footage)
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Ewan McGregor
Self (archive footage)
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Kenny Richey
Self (archive footage)
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J.K. Rowling
Self (archive footage)
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Mohammad Atif Siddique
Self (archive footage)
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Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
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Lena Zavaroni
Self (archive footage)