Welcome to the sideshow, a street party with car stunts that has Bay Area roots. The writer and director Joe Robert Cole captures the energy of the event in this scene from his Oakland-set drama “All Day and a Night,” streaming on Netflix.
In a tracking shot somewhat reminiscent of the opening one in ”Touch of Evil,” the movie’s lead character, Jakhor (Ashton Sanders), with his girlfriend, Shantaye (Shakira Ja’nai Paye), is led through a sideshow by his best friend, TQ (Isaiah John). But the scene focuses less on these three characters and more on the event itself, with a blend of hip-hop and tricked-out cars taking center stage.
Two cars do doughnuts in the middle of the street, and the director takes a you-are-there approach, placing the camera right next to one vehicle as it spins and kicks up dust. In his narration, Cole, who was a screenwriter on “Black Panther,” discusses using locals in the scene, how he put the camera in the middle of the action, and how som
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