Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

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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Key crew

• Emily JamesDirector
• Mark LewisDirector
• Mark LewisWriter

Cast

• Ross UlbrichtSelf
• Julia VieSelf
• Nele VandeginsteJulie Vie
• Austin BerglasHead of Cyber Branch, FBI New York
• Liam HawleyRoss Ulbricht
• Andy GreenbergWired
• Steve BriscoeAustin Berglas
• Gary AlfordIRS
• Chuck SchumerSelf (archive footage)
• Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
• Nancy ReaganSelf (archive footage)

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