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Eva Longoria to produce farm worker doc

17:41 H | Topics: Activism - Celebrities - Immigration - Labor

Eva Longoria, everyone's favorite ama de casa is getting political. She plans to broach the controversial topics of immigration and slavery in a new documentary to be produced by Eva herself:

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is tackling America's controversial immigration issues head on in a new film after learning that fellow Latinos are being roped into slavery.

The actress accepts she has become a role model for the Latin community and she wants to affect change in the lives of immigrants living well below the poverty line in the US.

She says: "I work a lot with the National Council of La Raza, which is the largest Latino civil rights organisation in the country and I work a lot with the United Farm Workers.

"I've been in the fields with these people and I've tried to experience a day in the life of these people. I'm producing a documentary on the labour workers."

Say what you will about a rich Hollywood star "spending the day" with laborers, the fact is Eva seems to be standing up (like other celebs) for the oppressed, voiceless immigrant population whose labor keeps this country's economy chugging along. Bravo, Eva!

Via / Ireland Online

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