Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gare gare, Podnieks akaita mafirimu ainyanya kutaura nezvokumuka kwokuzivikanwa kworudzi muLatvia, Lithuania neEstonia. "Homeland" yake yakanga iri nhoroondo yemitambo yevanhu munyika idzi apo nziyo dzenyika dzakanga dzarambidzwa nehurumende yeSoviet kwemakore makumi mashanu, dzaiimbwa nemakwaya akaungana. Pavakanga vachitora firimu rokutevera muna January 1991, Podnieks nevashandi vake vakapfurwa nemapurisa panguva ye
kuedza kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitwa 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. Izvi zvakabatwa pavhidhiyo uye zvakaratidzwa sechiwedzera ku"Homeland" uye gare gare sechisumo cheiyo shanduro yakagadziridzwa yeiyi firimu.