Specters of Watch Oak

Nate Dorr | 2023 | 18 min

Mariners Marsh, Bloomfield, Watchogue, Old Place. History, mythology, nature, anthropogenic industry, and digitally-altered perception collide in the salt meadows and brownfield beaches of northwestern Staten Island. A human-haunted nature film. All stories are ghost stories.

Narration drawn from the writings of Staten Island's preeminent historian, naturalist, and mythographer William T. Davis, various sources 1892 - 1927.