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Work Songs SHARE BUTTON by Gary Wien “I don’t mind the machine, I just don’t want to be its victim…” Ever since the industrial revo- lution workers have been face to face with technologies that helped their productivity while threatening their jobs. In the documentary Work Songs, New York filmmaker Mark Street takes a look at how people are coping NJ STAGE - ISSUE 66 with work and today’s challenges. He interviews people in a range of industries who are trying to survive economically while find- ing meaning in their jobs and sometimes doing so alongside the very technology which may eventually replace them. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 68