Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2017)

7.7/10 90 min Documentary Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Ross Ulbricht

Self

Julia Vie

Self

Liam Hawley

Ross Ulbricht

Chuck Schumer

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage)

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