Within our discussion, I loved to hear people’s perspectives on hooks' essay and their evaluations of Julie Dash’s Illusions. I believe opening to the public allowed for people of a variety of backgrounds to be able to share their own opinions and discuss what parts stood out to them most. Hearing from a professor of psychology his opinions on Dash’s influence and the film's relation to hooks and her essay were extremely interesting. It is also great when people who have no experience whatsoever with Dash or hooks get to have their eyes opened to a completely different world of viewing films. Taking this information and using it to see films you may love from a different set of eyes is one of the joys of film analysis.

One of the things I am most proud of coming out of our event was creating the trifold. Being able to work collaboratively with my partners and find a design we believed worked great for the event was very fun. It is a breath of fresh air when you can design something that you think looks great and then be able to give it out to the public for them to see or take home. I am so happy with how well the event went and hope that future FTM 240 classes can participate in a similar project.