What I did not anticipate was to be taken on an emotional journey to learn about a Black queer woman who was taken advantage of by the machine that made her a household name...

As directed by Celia Aniskovich and Jennifer Brea, Call Me Miss Cleo is an affectionate portrait of a fringe character who was more a tool than a beneficiary of PRN’s seamy efforts.

Black women like Youree Dell Harris, a.k.a. Miss Cleo, have long faced disparity in the entertainment world.

If nothing else, Call Me Cleo offers, just like the infomercials themselves used to claim (in tiny print) -- strictly “entertainment”, rather than true enlightenment.