JazzTown - the award-winning 92 minute music documentary - is now available on Vimeo On Demand!

JazzTown is also being offered by director/producer Ben Makinen for a donation in the amount of your choosing!  

By making a donation you directly enable more independent filmmaking and you receive a personalized poem written by director Ben Makinen along with one of his popular flower photographs sent to the email address you provide.

Click on the "Donate" button on any page of this website. You will be taken to Ben's Paypal page. Make a donation, leave your email address, and Ben will send you a private link to watch the award-winning 92 minute documentary JazzTown!  

You may also donate via Venmo using: @Ben-Makinen or 

Paypal direct: @benmakinen 

This Offer is Limited Time Only!

Filmmaker Ben Makinen found it necessary to sell nearly everything he owned - his drums, his studio recording gear, his car and finally his home - to complete and distribute JazzTown. His new apartment roof leaked storm water onto his desk shorting out a hard drive with early edits of JazzTown. Thieves then broke into his apartment and stole all of the film gear he owned but miraculously left his hard drives containing JazzTown on his desk!  This film exists only due the oversight of some very kind guardian angles. 

JazzTown will be available on Apple TV and Google Play by Christmas Day 2022 - stay tuned!