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San Diego filmmaker discovers passion project with boxing documentary Team Meryland
A documentary film about a young girl s quest for boxing gold in the Junior Olympics is winning awards and rave reviews at festivals around the country.
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) A Solana Beach nativeâs documentary film about a young girl s quest for boxing gold in the Junior Olympics is winning awards and rave reviews at festivals around the country.
Gabriel Gauranoâs film, âTeam Meryland,â is an immersive portrait of 12-year-old Meryland Gonzalez, a girl growing up in Los Angelesâ Watt neighborhood who is seeking greatness in the boxing ring.
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When Gabriel Gaurano started applying to film schools in 2017, he thought his chances of getting in were pretty good. The Canyon Crest Academy senior had been making films since he was in elementary school, and he had already won prizes in some national student-film contests.
While he knew there were no sure things when it came to college, Gaurano was convinced that his future was in filmmaking. And when all of his film-school applications were rejected, he discovered he was right.
“When I didn’t get into any film schools, it shifted my perspective on the world. I was so confident that I was going to get in, and when I didn’t, it challenged me to think about why I really wanted to do film,” the now 22-year-old Gaurano said from his home in Solana Beach.