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.

• Release date
• August 21, 2017
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Documentary, Crime
• Director
• Emily James

Cast

Ross Ulbricht Self Julia Vie Self

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Nele Vandeginste Julie Vie

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Austin Berglas Head of Cyber Branch, FBI New York Liam Hawley Ross Ulbricht

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Andy Greenberg Wired

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Steve Briscoe Austin Berglas

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Gary Alford IRS