In 2024, Abdelkrim "Krimo" Baba Aissa, 75 years old, speaks in an interview with journalist Thoria Smati. They address the chronology of the committed career of this self-taught and iconoclastic Algerian actor, director, producer and screenwriter, who made his debut on Algerian television as an assistant then at ONCIC as a director in the 1970s.
In 1976: He played in the film "Omar Gatlato" by Merzak Allouache.
In 1978: He was assistant to A. Meddour in the production of the documentary series "Colonialisme Sans Empire".
1979: Production of the sequel (on Algeria, black Africa, Angola, Iran and Chile). The part on Algeria was banned from broadcast and then destroyed.
1981: Production of the first fiction with the medium-length film "Le Labyrinthe".
1981 - 1986: Production of the documentary series "El Anka", "Musiques Du Sahara", "Nous Pouvants Le Faire", etc.
1989: Production of "Sous La Cendre", feature-length fiction film, on the daily life of political prisoners, in a detention camp in southern Algeria, from 1939 to 1943.
1992 - 1993: Production of the documentary "Palestine, Une Passion", in 8 episodes, on the Zionist narrative, the occupation of Palestine, and the Palestinian resistance (PLO).
2004: Production of the film "Le Paiement In Kind" on the fight of women through different periods of Algeria (Ottoman, French colonization, war of independence, ceasefire of March 1962, "Black Decade").
1970: Committed plays "The Land To Those Who Work It" and "The Situation of Women in Algeria".
1976: Production of the first short film "La Calligraphie Arabe" and 2 documentaries on the Algerian school.
The entire interview is available on the director's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoqRnfR8ZA