Two celebrated documentaries come to mind about family secrets: "Capturing the Friedmans" "My Architect" There are several documentaries involving German families confronting the Nazi past: The recent “Harlan” on notorious Nazi Director, Viet Harlan, has many interviews with family members Relatives of prominent Nazis meet Holocaust survivors in the following: PBS POV series film “Inheritance” http://www.pbs.org/pov/inheritance/ “Bloodlines” http://www.bloodlinesfilm.com/ Hope this helps but are you sure this film should be made in the lifetime of the student's grandparents? Robert Goff [log in to unmask] >===== Original Message From Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> ===== >I teach at a film department. One of my MA students is preparing a >documentary film about a "family secret". The film is about her own >grandfather, who is still married to her grandmother, but who has also been >having (for several decades) an affair with his wife's sister. This matter >is known by most members of the family, but rarely discussed in private and >never in public. My student will have to interview her grandfather, her >grandmother, her great-aunt and several other members of her family. >To prepare my student for this task, we are looking for similar >documentaries. Films that deal with personal secrets or family secrets. >Films for which the director had to ask his interviewees some very personal >and painful questions. We would welcome suggestions regarding film titles or >regarding literature dealing with such topics. > >Roel Vande Winkel >Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design >University of Antwerp > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html