Habiba Nosheen

HABIBA NOSHEEN is a Peabody and three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. Her film Outlawed in Pakistan premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her This American Life radio documentary, What Happened at Dos Erres?, was dubbed “a masterpiece of storytelling” by The New Yorker and won a Peabody. Her documentary The Devil’s Advocate (ITVS, Firelight Media) aired on PBS. She was named DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Chicken & Egg Award. She has taught documentary filmmaking at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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ABOUT Healthy Volunteers Wanted

Healthy Volunteers Wanted is a film with stunning access, following two individuals living on the margins of society who, over the course of a year, make their living by renting out their bodies for pharmaceutical drug testing. Along the way, the film uncovers the darkest secrets of this industry—secrets big pharma would rather keep hidden from the world.

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