Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

90 mins | Crime, Documentary | Aug. 21, 2017

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.

Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

90 mins | Crime, Documentary | Aug. 21, 2017

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers BBC
Original title Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
Directors Mark Lewis, Emily James
Writers Mark Lewis

Cast

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 Himself (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Himself (archive footage)

Nancy Davis Reagan

as Herself (archive footage)