The loosening of 'national tradition and historical' past has errupted an unprecedented interest of self-archiving. Saskatchewan filmmakers Steve Suderman, Brian Stockton and Gerald Saul, create films that are self-reflexive "and truly (post)modern approaches to the intimacy of family", capturing first hand records of personal memory. Through utilizing a interactive documentary style, they explore the private self and Western Canadian identity, all the while focusing on twenty-first century capitalism and its dehumanizing effect on the private self and familiy.