The film tells the story of Mary Draper Ingles and others in her settlement being taken captive to the Ohio Country by Shawnee Indian Warriors, and her journey home as she escaped from the tribe.
[1] Jude Miller became interested with the story of Mary Draper Ingles after the disaster on September 11th, and began writing the screenplay in 2002.
English land speculators encouraged people to move west and build farms.
As more English settlers moved west towards their lands and hunting grounds; Native American tribes revolted.
The movie begins in the summer of 1755, with a terrible attack on Drapers Meadow by the Shawnee Indian Warriors.
Many people were killed in the attack, including Mary Draper Ingles’ mother, and her sister-in-law’s baby whose head was bashed against the side of a house.
Mary, her two boys, and her sister-in-law were taken captive by the Shawnee on a long journey west to Ohio Country.
Mary had to give her baby to a caretaker named Sauwaseekau, so that she could work making shirts for the Shawnee.
Mary and the old Dutch woman set out on the trip, knowing they could not return to the Shawnee or they would be facing death.
The Captives is the Winner of 2005 Gold Davey Award,[2] which honors films made by small production companies.