''The New Ten Commandments'' is a feature-length documentary film which premiered at the

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in 2008. This documentary film is from a Scottish perception. 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 - Kenny Glenaan,

Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 20 September 1966) is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Work Much of Gordon's ...

, Nick Higgins,

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, Mark Cousins, Sana Bilgrami, Alice Nelson,

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, Doug Aubrey, David Graham Scott and Anna Jones. 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

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The 10 film chapters of ''The New Ten Commandments''

#The Right to Freedom of Assembly - Director, David Graham Scott #The Right not to be enslaved - Director, Nick Higgins #The Right to a fair trial - Director, Sana Bilgrami #The Right to freedom of expression - Director, Doug Aubrey #The Right to life - Director, Kenny Glenaan #The Right to liberty - Directors,

& Mark Cousins #The Right not to be tortured - Director, Douglas Gordon #The Right to asylum - Director, Anna Jones #The Right to privacy - Director, Alice Nelson #The Right to freedom of thought - Directors, Mark Cousins &

The film was scheduled for its first television broadcast as ''The New 10 Commandments'' in Scotland on

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in December 2008.

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