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.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Directed by Emily James, Mark Lewis
Ross Ulbricht
Julia Vie
Nele Vandeginste
Julie Vie
Austin Berglas
Head of Cyber Branch, FBI New York
Liam Hawley
Ross Ulbricht
Andy Greenberg
Wired
Steve Briscoe
Austin Berglas
Gary Alford
IRS
Chuck Schumer
Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Himself (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Herself (archive footage)
Production
The details
Release
2017
Runtime
90 min
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