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    In this week’s issue, contributor Joe O’Connell chronicles filmmaker Andrew Shapter’s battle to complete his latest film The Teller & the Truth, five years in the making, while undergoing treatment for squamous cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    A poster for The Teller & the Truth in Andrew Shapter’s living room along with a painting of the image of lead actress Leilani Galvan.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Poster from Andrew Shapter’s documentary Happiness Is (2009). For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Poster from Andrew Shapter’s documentary Before the Music Dies (2006).For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter gets the “brown-bag special” of chemo at Texas Oncology.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Leilani Galvan and Shapter talk and smoke outside his house.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter walks Teddy Bear and Larry through his Travis Heights neighborhood in the early morning light.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Post-final radiation treatment.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter embraces nurse Susan Neary after his final chemo treatment.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Hoisting son Ford into the air.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter and Leilani Galvan embrace before reading news from the Toronto International Film Festival.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Leilani Galvan and Andrew Shapter read the news from the Toronto International Film Festival.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Confetti litters the ground outside the radiation room signaling a patient has completed treatment.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Signs outside the radiation room at Texas Oncology.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Christina Shapter at home.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter and his son Ford.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter and his dog Teddy Bear examine art made in honor of his film The Teller & the Truth.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter prepares for a radiation treatment.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Longtime friend Matt Skinner waits outside while Andrew Shapter receives radiation.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Andrew Shapter and Matt Skinner clasp hands after Shapter’s final radiation treatment.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Madeline Brock massages Shapter’s hand.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Ford lurks between his father’s legs.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”
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    Feeding Ford some black beans at Curra’s.For more, see feature story “Pause/Play.”

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