Dreams of a Life is a drama-documentary film, released by Dogwoof Pictures in December 2011, and directed by Carol Morley.
It tells the story of Joyce Carol Vincent whose decomposing body was found in her bedsit in Wood Green, North London, in January 2006, after apparently dying unnoticed in December 2003, surrounded by unopened Christmas presents with her TV still switched on.
The film interviews various friends, acquaintences and former partners to try to tell the story of Joyce, who is played in reconstructions by actress Zawe Ashton.