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

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>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
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