Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
2017, English. Directed by Emily James & Mark Lewis.
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.
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- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Emily JamesDirector
- Mark LewisDirector
- Ross UlbrichtSelf
- Julia VieSelf
- Nele VandeginsteJulie Vie
- Austin BerglasHead of Cyber Branch, FBI New York
- Liam HawleyRoss Ulbricht
- Andy GreenbergWired
- Steve BriscoeAustin Berglas
- Gary AlfordIRS
- Chuck SchumerSelf (archive footage)
- Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
- Nancy ReaganSelf (archive footage)
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- Released
- 21 August 2017
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Mark Lewis
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Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 August 2017. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web?
Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2017) was directed by Emily James and Mark Lewis and stars Ross Ulbricht, Julia Vie, Nele Vandeginste.