Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

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

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

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)