Cesar Chavez is something of a national icon. His face is on a U.S. postage stamp. Countless statues, murals, libraries, schools, parks and streets are named after him -- he even has his own national monument. He was on the cover of Time magazine in 1969. A naval ship was named after him. The man even has his own Google Doodle and Apple ad. Yet his footprint in American history is widely unknown and that's exactly the reason why actor-turned-director Diego Luna decided to produce a movie about his life. "I was really surprised that there wasn't already a film out about Chavez's life, so that's why I spent the past four years making this and hope the country will join me in celebrating his life and work," Diego Luna said during Tuesday's screening of "Cesar Chavez: An American Hero" in New York. The movie opens nationwide on Friday.
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Cesar Chavez's life not widely known, but actor-director Diego Luna hopes to change that
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Kennedy: "New York is 37 years behind California. We need a Cesar Chavez."
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Film depicts Chavez and UFW's success, but there is still more work to be done
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Luna: "Farm workers shouldn't struggle so much to feed their own families"
After seeing farm workers harvesting the country's food unable to afford feeding their own families --  let alone the deplorable working conditions they faced --  @placeholder decided to act.