Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2017)

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Released:
2017-08-21

Overview:
Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This 'Amazon of illegal drugs' was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual operating under the avatar The Dread Pirate Roberts. Promising its users complete anonymity and total freedom from government regulation or scrutiny, Silk Road became a million-dollar digital drugs cartel.

Directors:
Emily James, Mark Lewis

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Documentary, Crime

  • Cast:
  • Ross Ulbricht
    as
    Self
  • Julia Vie
    as
    Self
  • Nele Vandeginste
    as
    Julie Vie
  • Austin Berglas
    as
    Head of Cyber Branch, FBI New York
  • Liam Hawley
    as
    Ross Ulbricht