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