NORTH STAR: A Short Documentary about Annie Oakley

Come join us at the Nutley Historical Society and Museum on Wednesday evening, June 10, for a special screening of North Star. 

North Star is a short documentary that follows a team of researchers as they uncover the true story of their hometown heroine and America’s first superstar— the legendary sharpshooter, Annie Oakley. You’ll be surprised at some of the stories they uncover.

Filmmaker Bryn Silverman was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2024 and is a 2025 Film Independent Documentary Producing Fellow. Her latest film, Expression of Illness, follows her experience with thyroid cancer and premiered at True/False and screened at the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival where it won Special Jury Recognition, the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival where Bryn was nominated for Best Emerging Director, and the Flatland Film Festival where she won Best Director: Documentary.

Since Annie Oakley lived right here in Nutley for a dozen years at the height of her career, our historical society was offered the opportunity to screen the film. It would be wonderful to gather together to celebrate her life. Annie Oakley passed away one hundred years ago this November.

The doors to the museum open at 6:30. 

The 20-minute documentary begins promptly at 7:00. 

There will be a live on-screen Q&A with the film’s director at 7:30.

So get your Annie Oakley on and join fellow Nutley-ites for this truly special event.

Nutley Historical Society • 65 Church Street • nutleyhistoricalsociety.org

Nutley’s Memorial Day Weekend activities will kick off on Saturday, May 23, with the Nutley Historical Society’s “A Walk in the Park.” Museum director John Simko will lead the tour, which begins at 10:00 a.m. in Memorial Park at the WWI monument near the train trestle.

The tour will travel along the Yantacaw River as Mr. Simko shares its role in Nutley’s history as a source for early industry, an inspiration for world-renowned artists, a symbol of civic pride, an important boundary marker, and a fitting memorial to our war veterans.

“A Walk in the Park” is scheduled to end at 11:30 at Nutley’s first brick schoolhouse (now the Nutley Historical Society and Museum). The museum will be open to the public, and tour-related items from the museum’s archives will be on display. Please join us at the Nutley Museum (65 Church Street) at 11:30 Sunday morning, even if you are not part of the tour.

“A Walk in the Park” is free; however, the tour is limited to 15 people and requires registration. To register, email johnsimko1014@gmail.com or call 973-752-8984 and leave a message with your phone number or e-mail address. Confirmation will be sent out via e-mail, text, or phone.