The New Ten Commandments
MovieTitle | The New Ten Commandments |
User score | 8.7 |
Release date | Jan 2, 2008 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | David Graham Scott , Nick Higgins , Doug Aubrey , Sana Bilgrami , Douglas Gordon , Alice Nelson , Anna Jones , Tilda Swinton , Mark Cousins , Kenneth Glenaan , Irvine Welsh |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Lansdowne Productions, Scottish Documentary Institute |
Run time | 101 min. |
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.