In October 2024, I premiered the Impostor Phenomenon film at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Perth, Australia. I had screened earlier versions of the film in Scotland, always to astrophysicists and other scientists in astronomy & physics departments. The astrophysics community knows it as ‘Impostor Syndrome’ which is what I use in the title and during the interviews. The film runs for 14:33 minutes, perfect for showing in the classroom with time for discussion. The film is a good starting point for discussions; things that have emerged are life-work balance, why is it not gendered in astrophysics, how common it is reported to be, and how helpful a film like this is. All the ASTROMOVES films are the research outputs from the EU funded ASTROMOVES project, thus they are freely available. Everyone appearing in the film has given their consent. The film is linked below, on YouTube but is unlisted. If you do use the film, please send me an email: I want to keep track of how many people have seen the film.

A thank you goes to all the scientists appearing in the film:
Stefi Baum
Deatrick Foster
Guilherme Franzmann
Emily Freeland
Elizabeth George
Tana Joseph
Duncan Lorimer
Maura McLaughlin
Jan-Uwe Ness
Naomi Rowe-Gurney
Ricardo Schiavon
Joseph Zuntz

IF YOU USE THE INTERVIEWS IN THIS SHORT VIDEO PLEASE CITE THIS WAY:

“Jarita Holbrook, dir. 2024. ASTROMOVES: Impostor Syndrome & Belonging. H.264, Science Documentary, 2024. https://youtu.be/IMU3Sa_rgoE.”

When quoting, also include the name of the scientist that you are quoting, for example:

“Deatrick Foster in ASTROMOVES: Impostor Syndrome & Belonging. Interview by Jarita Holbrook. Film, 2024. https://youtu.be/IMU3Sa_rgoE.”

ASTROMOVES Impostor Phenomenon Film / ASTROMOVES: Studying Astrophysicists' Careers and other Cultural Astronomy Topics by Jarita Holbrook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0