Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web

Release date: 2017-08-21
Runtime: 90
Country: United Kingdom

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.

Director: Emily James

Genre: Documentary, Crime

Cast: Ross Ulbricht, Julia Vie, Nele Vandeginste, Austin Berglas, Liam Hawley, Andy Greenberg, Steve Briscoe, Gary Alford, Chuck Schumer, Ronald Reagan