Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Podnieks akawana kuzivikanwa kwenyika yose nekuda kwefirimu rake "Zviri Nyore Kuva Muduku Here?". Firimu racho raiva nehurukuro mumutauro wechiLatvia nechiRussian uye raiongorora vechiduku vokuSoviet. Sezvo Soviet Union yakawa, Podnieks akabatana neterevhizheni yeBritain kuti ape nzwisiso yomunhu oga yezvinoitika muSoviet Union. Kwemakore matatu, Podnieks akareketa firimu rezvikamu zvishanu rine musoro unoti "Mhoro, unotinzwa here?". Gare gare, Podnieks akaita mafirimu ainyanya kutaura nezvekusimuka kwevanhu muLatvia, Lithuania neEstonia. Firimu rake "Homeland" raiva nhoroondo yemitambo yevanhu munyika idzi apo nziyo dzenyika dzakanga dzarambidzwa nehurumende yeSoviet kwemakore makumi mashanu, dzaiimbwa nemakwaya akaungana. Pavakanga vachitora firimu rinotevera firimu iri muna January 1991, Podnieks nevashandi vake vakapinda mumoto wevapfuri panguva yekuedza kupidigura hurumende
nemauto eSoviet muRiga. Podnieks akarohwa, mutori wemifananidzo wake uye shamwari yake yenguva refu Andris Slapiņš akaurayiwa uye Gvido Zvaigzne, mumwe mubatsiri uye shamwari yaPodnieks, akafa nekukuvara gare gare. Mashoko aya akatorwa pavhidhiyo uye akaratidzwa sechiwedzera ku"Homeland", uye gare gare sechisumo chemufananidzo wakadzokororwa wefirimu iri. Mafirimu mana aPodnieks akagamuchira mubayiro weLielais Kristaps semufirimu wakanakisisa wegore.