Inside Cinema Specials Episode 46 The Rashomon Effect ( Air Date 2020-08-26 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "How have filmmakers used multiple points of view of the same event to challenge notions of truth in cinema? Jessica Kiang demystifies a storytelling technique that has kept viewers guessing since 1950, from Akira Kurosawa's pioneering murder-mystery to the recent whodunnit hit Knives Out.".