{"id":150432,"date":"2021-03-03T13:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=150432"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:41:27","slug":"darrell-britt-gibson-on-his-role-in-silk-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/darrell-britt-gibson-on-his-role-in-silk-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Darrell Britt-Gibson On His Role In &#8216;SILK ROAD&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t6PF0-phnKM?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/t6PF0-phnKM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong>blackfilm.com correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellenthagreat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ellen Wanjiru<\/a> speaks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chipsheridan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darrell Britt-Gibson<\/a> (<em>Judas and the Black Messiah<\/em>, &#8220;Barry&#8221;\u00a0<em>Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri<\/em>)\u00a0about his role in SILK ROAD, based on the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/dead-end-on-silk-road-internet-crime-kingpin-ross-ulbrichts-big-fall-122158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht&#8217;s Big Fall&#8221; by David Kushner,<\/a> published in Rolling Stone. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>D<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">arrell Britt-Gibson On His Role In &#8216;SILK ROAD&#8217;<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Darrell Britt-Gibson On His Role In &#8216;SILK ROAD&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SYNOPSIS:<\/strong><em> <\/em>Inspired by larger-than-life actual events, this riveting crime thriller follows the rise and fall of Silk Road, the infamous darknet site that sent a seismic shock through the World Wide Web. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet&#8217;s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CAST: Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Katie Aselton, Jimmi Simpson, Daniel David Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lexi Rabe, Will Ropp, with Paul Walter Hauser, <\/strong>and<strong> Alexandra Shipp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SILK-ROAD-8-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150434\"\/><figcaption>Darrell Britt-Gibson as Rayford and Jason Clarke as Rick Bowden in Silk Road. Photo Credit: Catherine Kanavy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DIRECTOR &amp; WRITER: <\/strong>Tiller Russell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lionsgate&nbsp;released the crime thriller film&nbsp;SILK ROAD&nbsp;on Digital, On Demand &amp; Select Theaters&nbsp;on&nbsp;February 19, 2021 and on Blu-Ray and DVD on February 23, 2021. <strong>WATCH TRAILER BELOW!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-2\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LBOBuqBzn7w?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/LBOBuqBzn7w\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/0121028Poster_r11_V1_5384x8000pix_RGB-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-150435\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you familiar with the Ross Ulbricht story? &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross Ulbricht&nbsp;is the creator of&nbsp;<strong>SILK ROAD<\/strong>, which was an online black market, also known as the Amazon of the dark web. Users were able to browse anonymously and securely without traffic monitoring. It became a hub to buy and sell illicit drugs, weapons, poison, and services (including hacking and even murder-for-hire).&nbsp;<strong>SILK ROAD<\/strong>&nbsp;did not accept cash or credit cards. Users had to pay with bitcoin a cryptocurrency.&nbsp; All transactions were encrypted and hence untraceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Ross Ulbricht is serving&nbsp;life imprisonment without the possibility&nbsp;of parole.&nbsp;He was recently in the news as Trump was considering pardoning him prior to the end of his term. <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2020\/12\/the-double-standard-of-a-trump-pardon-for-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht\">https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2020\/12\/the-double-standard-of-a-trump-pardon-for-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/02\/deborah-joy-winans-talks-new-tvone-film-dont-waste-your-pretty\/\">Deborah Joy Winans Talks New TVOne Film \u2013 \u2018Don\u2019t Waste Your Pretty\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru speaks with Darrell Britt-Gibson (Judas and the Black Messiah, &#8220;Barry&#8221;\u00a0Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri)\u00a0about his role in SILK ROAD, based on the article &#8220;Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht&#8217;s Big Fall&#8221; by David Kushner, published in Rolling Stone. 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