It was directed and narrated by Vera Krichevskaya, a co-founder of TV
Rain with Sindeeva, who arrived in Riga just after a tour of U.S.
universities. TV Rain now has a broadcast license in Latvia and has
moved some of its staff to an office in Riga.
The screening in Riga raised some uncomfortable questions about the
role of a Russian media company in an EU and NATO country with a large
Russian population.
The film itself thoroughly engaged the audience. “F@ck This Job”
tells the story of a smart, lively, privileged woman who is married to a
wealthy prince (a banker) and decides to start a TV channel. The year
is 2010. Dmitry Medvedev is president, sharing burgers with Barack Obama
and promising change; money is flowing; Moscow is getting cool and
anything is possible. Sindeeva drives her bright pink car into Moscow
from her suburban mansion to renovate studio space in a former candy
factory, hire talented young hipsters and put her bright pink
“optimistic channel” on air. As political life starts to break bad — Medvedev hands the presidency
back to Putin, protest after protest is held in Moscow over falsified
elections and breaches of the constitutional right to assembly, Russia
annexes Crimea and starts a proxy war in Donbas — the TV Rain team turns
out to be filled with brave, tough journalists reporting live from all
over, including paddy wagons on the way to another detention." MT
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