Natasha, 35, is a newly rich, successful woman who is looking for fame, reputation and to make her dreams come true. She decides to launch an independent TV station in Putin’s Russia, 2008. Natasha decides to hire young open-minded, untainted reporters without a track record in government-run media. Soon Dozhd TV's office becomes a magnet for new, unconventional media professionals, many of whom are part of Russia's LGBTQ community. Coincidentally, the Russian Parliament has just passed its "anti-gay" law. From the beginning, a very bumpy road is laid out for Dozhd TV and it quickly becomes the lone island of political and sexual freedom in Putin's Russia.

Dozhd TV (also known as TV Rain) is the only independent TV news station that has survived Putin's rule. Back then, this woman could not have known she would fight on the frontline of a war between truth and propaganda and lose everything. She did not think she would become a ‘foreign agent’ in her own country.

The first ban of the TV station happened one week after the launch. Putin's second ban cuts the channel from the cable providers and kicks Dozhd TV off the satellite packages. Dozhd TV is evicted from its spacious office and broadcasts from Natasha's one-bedroom apartment in a hidden place in Moscow's city centre.

A rude awakening, Natasha and the TV station were forced to face the reality of Russia's regime, its politics, and its life. However, every attack on Dozhd TV strengthened its cult-like atmosphere. The reporters and staff felt it was their duty to inform the public of all the systemic injustice. It was no longer just their job; it became their mission to relay the truth to the people by any means necessary.

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