"Trimming off" the top of the video in iMovie?

Alright, so I'm recording Minecraft(a video game) with Screenflow for a youtube video and editing in iMovie. Problem is, in the UI of minecraft, the version number is shown in the upper-left corner of the screen. I'd like to somehow "trim" the top sliver of the video off so it doesn't show this. Is that possible? I've tried cropping but the cropping options are inexcusably light and imposing a "black box" image on the top of the video is impossible because it doesn't allow your to "Stretch" the image properly. How can I go about doing this?

So when you crop using the crop tool, you are getting a black rectangle after you apply the cropping? In searching the iMovie Help, these are the directions on how to use the Crop Tool in iMovie '11.
To crop a video clip or still image:
In the Project browser, select a video clip or photo, and then press the C key or click the Crop button.
Click Allow Black if there are black borders on the image that you want to be able to include in your crop.
Allow Black applies to photos only, not to video.
In the viewer, click Crop, and then drag to resize and reposition the green cropping rectangle to focus on the part of the image you want.
To resize the cropping rectangle, move the pointer to a corner of it until the pointer turns into a plus sign, and then drag.
Click the Play button in the viewer to preview your work.
When you’re satisfied with the crop, click Done.
Whether you crop media in a project or an Event, you can change or remove the crop at any time by selecting the cropped photo or video, clicking the Crop button, and then making whatever changes you want.

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                         b) You could click into the speed % box and enter an amount up to two decimal places in value. Based on the fact that mediainfo says the clip is 29.00 fps (for whatever reason) I would try (29.00/29.97=.9676 X 100 =) 96.76% and see what happens. Check the ' Maintain the Audio Pitch" box as above. If this works then it may serve as a confirmation that Elements is indeed incorrectly interpreting the clips properties.
                         c) Run and Gun. Just start changing duration values or Speed percentages until you get it right. Ya know, caveman style.
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When you get everything the way you want it you can trim off the audio portion that overruns the video to make them the same physical size. Then hold the shift key down while selecting both the audio and video portions of the clip. Be sure they are both highlighted. Right click on the clips and select "Link Audio and Video" to relink the clips.
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