The New Ten Commandments

Irvine Welsh
2008-01-02


8.7
101 min

The film was produced by Nick Higgins from Lansdowne Productions and NoƩmie 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Tilda Swinton Self The Free Refills
Mark Cousins Self Unowned
Aamer Anwar Self Unowned
Jim Swire Self Unowned
Tony Blair Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gordon Brown Self (archive footage) Unowned
Martin Compston Self (archive footage) Unowned
Peter Dow Self Unowned
John Major Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ewan McGregor Self (archive footage) Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Kenny Richey Self (archive footage) Unowned
J.K. Rowling Self (archive footage) Unowned
Mohammad Atif Siddique Self (archive footage) Unowned
Margaret Thatcher Self (archive footage) Unowned
Lena Zavaroni Self (archive footage) Unowned