A documentary exploring a major music conference in Manchester, and featuring a Chester University academic, has been released.

Dr Simon Morrison, senior lecturer and programme leader for Music Journalism at the University, gives his perspective in the film on the Louder than Words Festival.

The documentary also showcases director Jack Johnson from Polite Company touring Gateway House in Chester city centre – the Journalism programme's home.

The tour highlights the recent addition of the Simon Warner archive, a thorough resource of popular music history.

Students from the University's Music Journalism programme have engaged with the event, volunteering, attending, and contributing to panel discussions.

The festival is known as the UK's largest music literature event, offering conversations, panel discussions, workshops, writing surgeries and live performances.

Dr Morrison said: "I was really very proud to be involved with Jack’s film.

"I have been involved with Louder Than Words for over a decade, about the same time I have been at the University of Chester.

"It was a pleasure to contribute to this fabulous film, and to involve my students from the Music Journalism programme, who did a fabulous job of showing Jack our magazine archive and talking about the importance of music writing."

Student Archie Jackson also participated in the documentary.

Mr Jackson said: "It was a great experience being part of the documentary.

"As someone who has just started out to be music writing world, I really enjoyed being given a voice and to get to talk about what inspired me to start writing about music and appear alongside people within the industry I look up to."