Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

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.

7.7

90 min

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

Andy Greenberg

as Wired

Steve Briscoe

as Austin Berglas

Gary Alford

as IRS

Chuck Schumer

as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Nancy Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Director

Emily James

Mark Lewis