10 Film Documentaries That Accidentally Uncovered Major Scoops
3. Everest - Training Doc Turns To Disaster Doc
While not a "scoop" in the traditional sense, the directors of the 1998 IMAX film Everest certainly encountered a twist in the tale when they set out to make a documentary about the training required to scale the titular mountain.
In a horrifying turn of events, the film ended up being in production at the exact same time as the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers died after a blizzard interrupted their descent from the summit.
Understandably, this drastically affected the focus and tone of the documentary, with the filmmakers deciding to construct their edit around this great tragedy - and incredibly, the final cut even features footage of the disaster itself.
This wasn't the last time a documentary filmmaker happened to be rolling cameras at the same time a shocking event occurred, either. The 2002 film 9/11 was supposed to be about a probationary firefighter's first day on the job, but ultimately ended up capturing one of the only known recordings of American Airlines Flight 11 colliding with the World Trade Center.