


Sat, Nov 15
|Indiana
The Wild Girl of Brush Valley Township
Join the Society for the screening of The Wild Girl of Brush Valley Township
Time & Location
Nov 15, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Indiana, 621 Wayne Ave, Indiana, PA 15701, USA
About the event
Join the Society for a film screening of THE WILD GIRL OF BRUSHVALLEY TOWNSHIP Saturday November 15, 6:30 pm. at 621 Wayne Avenue. The film chronicles the story of Minnie Adams, one of the estimated one million people who died in American mental institutions. The film reconstructs her life and illness through interviews with historians and genealogists, a visit to the local historical society, and the newspapers from the early 1900s that sensationalized her institutionalization in graphic detail. Through speculative animation drawing from documentary material, the film reclaims Minnie’s story from sensationalist public gossip imagining an alternative history for a woman who was failed by her family and society.



