Squires of San Quentin
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Squires of San Quentin is a 1978 short documentary film
produced by J. Gary Mitchell. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
. The film was shot in San Quentin State Prison
and depicts "The Squires," inmates who attempt to convince troubled children to avoid criminal behavior.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
produced by J. Gary Mitchell. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
. The film was shot in San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state. California's only death row for male inmates, the largest...
and depicts "The Squires," inmates who attempt to convince troubled children to avoid criminal behavior.