BUILD Series

Discovery's new series, "Manhunt: UNABOMBER," tells the dramatic and gripping true story of the FBI's hunt for the Unabomber, the deadliest serial bomber in history. The story focuses on FBI Agent and Criminal Profiler Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Sam Worthington), who pioneered the use of forensic linguistics to identify and ultimately capture the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski (Paul Bettany). Check out star Sam Worthington and showrunner Greg Yaitanes on the BUILD stage.

"The Emoji Movie" unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone's user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression - except for Gene (T.J. Miller), an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 (James Corden) and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak (Anna Faris). Together, they embark on an epic "app-venture" through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it's deleted forever. Miller, Jake T. Austin, director Tony Leondis and producer Michelle Raimo Kouyate come by BUILD to chat about the film.

Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley have been performing, teaching and writing comedy internationally for a combined 40+ years. They have been moms for one quarter of that time and it shows. How do they cope? They laugh about all of the craziness that comes with being a mom and they want you to laugh about it too! From snot to stretchmarks to sleepless nights, Hensley and Smedley know firsthand that parenting is a hard job and they invite you to join them in taking it all a little less seriously (even if for a few short minutes a day). After all, Smedley currently has four days of dry shampoo in her hair and Hensley's keys are still in her front door. They try, they fail, they support each other and they mom as hard as they can. Join them as they discuss their Summer Break Tour.

Los Angeles 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. "Snowfall" is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. The story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course, including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative running from a dark past who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord. BUILD hosts creators, John Singleton and Dave Andron, and stars, Damson Idris & Carter Hudson, to speak on the new FX series.

From Executive Producer Russell Simmons and Director Jason Zeldes, comes an award-winning documentary following Donté Clark, a young poet transcending the violence in his hometown by writing about his experiences. Growing up in Richmond, CA, a city haunted by a fatal turf war, Clark and the like-minded youth of the city mount an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet," with the hope of starting a dialogue about violence in the city. Join Simmons, Clark and Zeldes as they discuss the film.

When four lifelong friends—Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah—travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there’s enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. Hall and Pinkett Smith swing by to chat about the comedy, "Girls Trip."

Emojis are an essential part of the modern zeitgeist, and Jeremy Burge is on a mission to obsessively document every single one. Join Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia, creator of World Emoji Day and a member of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee, as he comes to BUILD to celebrate "The Emoji Movie."

A young composer, Jo, moves from Berlin to the island of Ibiza to be a DJ in the club Amnesia. He then begins a friendship with an elderly woman whose painful past has caused her to reject everything to do with Germany, including her native language. As Jo draws her into techno music, Martha puts everything she had previously lived by into question. Director Barbet Schroeder pays BUILD a visit to speak on the film, "Amnesia."

"Midnight, Texas" is a supernatural thriller takes a journey into a remote Texas town called Midnight where nothing is what it seems. Where being normal is strange and only outsiders fit in, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different -- a perfect place for anyone looking to hide from the outside world. As the town members fight off outside pressures from ever-suspicious cops, deadly biker gangs and their own dangerous pasts, they band together and form an unlikely but strong family. BUILD hosts Francois Arnaud, Sarah Ramos & author Charlaine Harris when stop by to chat about the new series.

When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold - exposing the biggest scandal in sports history. Join us when Fogel stops by to speak on his documentary, "Icarus."