Bön in Dolpo

Andrea Heckman has a PhD in Anthropology/Art History and has worked in Peru for over 30 years where she was a Fulbright scholar. Her book, Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals, won the Collier Award from the Society for Visual Anthropology of the American Anthropology Association. Her award-winning documentaries include Ausangate, Crossing Bridges, Mountain Sanctuary, Bon: Mustang to Menri, and Woven Stories: Weaving Traditions of Northern NM.

Tad Fettig is an award-winning director & cameraman who documents social, environmental and spiritual issues, from Liberia’s civil war to Shipibo Shamans in Peru. He launched kontentreal with the award-winning series, E2: Design, Energy, and Transport, for PBS/Sundance Channel/international markets. He has directed and filmed projects for Sundance Channel, ECOIST and Discovery. Feature documentaries include Bon: Mustang to Menri, and Ausangate about Quechua life in Peru.

Ken O’Neil has a degree in communication engineering and was a founder of a publicly traded high tech film in California’s Silicon Valley. As an artist his paintings have been published in a book, Behind the Paint. He has worked was a production assistant, camera and editor on six award winning documentary films in seven countries from Greenland to Mexico.

Dr. Quigley Peterson has been practicing altitude and emergency medicine in Taos, NM, for 30 years. He believes his multidisciplinary approach has helped make him an effective trip physician at high altitudes up to 17,500 in both the Himalayas and the Andes. The making of Bon in Dolpo was a rigorous adventure in which he treated many local villagers in addition to the crew. He was an integral member of the film team also working as a production assistant.