Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
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.
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Director: Emily James, Mark Lewis
Actors: Andy Greenberg, Austin Berglas, Chuck Schumer, Gary Alford, Julia Vie, Liam Hawley, Nele Vandeginste, Ronald Reagan, Ross Ulbricht, Steve Briscoe
Country: United Kingdom
Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Randy Murray Productions