In 'Party Of Five' Reboot, Deportation Separates The Family
The hit '90s TV drama is back with a timely twist. Co-creator Amy Lippman and writer Gabriel Llanas talk about creating a show about five Latinx siblings whose parents are deported to Mexico.
by Michel Martin
Jan 11, 2020
2 minutes
The award-winning '90s series Party of Five returned to air this week with a poignant and timely twist.
More than 25 years after the five orphaned Salinger siblings were left to fend for themselves, we meet the Acosta children. In the original iteration of the series, the parents die in a car crash. This time, they're undocumented immigrants, caught up in an immigration crackdown.
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