In March of 2014, I attended the first screening of Euromaidan: Rough Cut—a collective documentary chronicle of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution. Quite unexpectedly the event ended with an improvized mourning ritual for deceased Maidan protesters. Observed in the film, this ritual then transcended the screen and spread through the audience, stimulating an experience similar to a “collective catharsis.” What are the reasons for such a strong affective response to a visual document, capturing the fluidity of still unfolding revolutionary events? This article (written before the Russian invasion of Ukraine) considers both the documentary and its screening as invaluable research sites, allowing us to study ethnographically the uncertainties preceding and accompanying the reification of (new) ideological narratives. By discussing the multifaceted understanding of cathartic experiences in the complex processes of group-building, truth-finding, and justice-making, this article considers new directions for the anthropological understanding of collective catharsis, as it has been experienced in post-industrial democratic societies.

2014 年 3 月，我参加了Euromaidan: Rough Cut的首映——乌克兰独立日革命的集体纪实纪事。出乎意料的是，该活动以对已故的迈丹抗议者的即兴哀悼仪式结束。在电影中观察到，这种仪式随后超越了银幕并在观众中传播，激发了一种类似于“集体宣泄”的体验。对视觉文件产生如此强烈的情感反应，捕捉仍在展开的革命事件的流动性的原因是什么？这篇文章（写于俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之前）将纪录片及其放映视为宝贵的研究地点，使我们能够从民族志上研究（新的）意识形态叙述具体化之前和伴随的不确定性。通过讨论在群体建设的复杂过程中对宣泄体验的多方面理解，