From filling arenas for a Catholic music concert to making it to the big screen. That’s what Hakuna has done with its latest project: bringing to cinemas what is part of the essence of this youth movement, which has reached the entire world thanks to what they call the transformative power of music.
SANTOS BLANCO
Director, ‘Descalzos’
What they wanted was to try to unravel the transformative power of music. That is, why music has the ability to transform people. And also, from a non-self-referential prism of Hakuna. It's not a biopic about Hakuna Group Music, but an attempt to discover something that happens in all music and has been happening for hundreds and thousands of years.
HÉCTOR ZURITA
Creative Direction, ‘Descalzos’
Music is something that reaches all hearts. It is an echo that can awaken in every person the longing for beauty. God is there.
The film, titled Descalzos, is a complete journey of reflection on the origin of music and its connection to spirituality; because, as they say, who said that flamenco, pop, or a saeta can’t bring a young person closer to an encounter with God?
GONZALO VÁSQUEZ
Composer, Hakuna Group Music
The success of a song is that it helps one person. That's how we see it with the songs we write. If it helps one person, that song has already been a success.
IÑIGO GUERRERO
Producer, Hakuna Group Music
God has given us art, music, to be able to express ourselves and draw closer to Him. You know? And that's what we want to share with everyone out there.
Some of the artists who have experienced Hakuna’s musical success from the inside still can't believe it. They say they could never have imagined that their voices would be capable of connecting God with thousands and thousands of people.
LOLA TUDURI
Composer, Hakuna Group Music
I’m not singing to you, I don’t know, "living my life with bare feet" so that you live it and try to get the message of God across to you. No. I’m singing it, I’m singing it to myself. I’m singing that because I’m the first one who wants to believe it and live it.
It’s been two years of preparation and filming in various countries. All of this to try to convey this idea: "When man dares to take off his shoes and open himself to the truth, the music that arises is like an unstoppable arrow that reaches the heart."
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